The Sentinel-2C satellite has started providing imagery of Earth only two weeks after launch, demonstrating the capabilities it will offer to the Copernicus program, the Earth observation endeavour in ...

A new report from the United Nations, titled "Forensic Insights for Future Resilience: Learning from Past Disasters", urges countries to adopt a forensic approach to studying disasters in order to ...

In a new multi-agency report, United in Science, coordinated by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) underscores in its contribution ...

Throughout this course, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey into the realm of Machine Learning (ML) as applied to Earth Observation (EO). We’ll start by exploring the current landscape of ML for ...

EO College announced the launch of a new online course: Introduction to Machine Learning for Earth Observation. This course is now available to the public, completely free of charge. The EO College is ...

Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) signals can “see” the surface of the Earth during the day or night, and under nearly all weather conditions. In addition, the signal can penetrate through the vegetation ...

The UN-SPIDER Beijing Office and China's Ministry of Emergency Management (MEM) will organize the "The United Nations International Conference on Space-based Technologies for Disaster Risk Reduction - ...

Ahead of the upcoming Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, China has significantly enhanced meteorological cooperation with Africa through its Fengyun satellite program. Since 2018, ...

Among the services that satellites can provide for disaster risk management and emergency response are weather forecasting, remote sensing, geo-positioning, navigation, television and ...