The WARM project by Marple GmbH demonstrates how freely available satellite data and machine learning can track flood, drought, and pollution events in real time, with implications for water managers ...

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The CommonSpace Initiative - Digital Twins for Commonwealth Nations Project aims to enhance disaster risk management and resilience in select Commonwealth nations using cutting-edge satellite data and ...

Flood mapping in urban areas poses significant challenges for Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) sensors due to limitations in detecting water in regions characterized by dense vegetation, urban ...

The March 28, 2025, M7.7 earthquake near Mandalay, Burma (Myanmar), occurred as the result of strike-slip faulting between the India and Eurasia plates. Focal mechanism solutions indicate that slip ...

Spacecraft orbiting Earth play a vital role in monitoring climate change, enabling global communication and navigation, and advancing scientific research. However, many of these orbits are becoming ...

Natural and technological hazards continue to trigger disasters in many countries of the world, making no distinction between developed or developing nations. In the year 2022, Pakistan experienced ...

The recently formed Accelerator for Systemic Risk Assessment (ASRA) under the United Nations Foundation has launched their Principles for Systemic Risk Assessment and Response. ASRA was founded to ...

Over the centuries, communities throughout the world have experienced disasters triggered by natural hazards. In the past these disasters were considered inevitable. However, since the 1990s, there ...

The United Nations University with its Institute for Environmental and Human Security (UNU-EHS) published the Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2023. The report paints a bleak picture of a world ...

Los desastres causan enormes daños a las sociedades de todo el mundo. Provocan la pérdida de vidas y bienes, desplazan a las personas de sus hogares y destruyen sus medios de subsistencia, además de ...

The Platform for Real-Time Impact and Situation Monitoring (PRISM), developed by the World Food Programme (WFP) since 2016, is a climate risk monitoring system, that integrates geospatial data on ...