On the afternoon of August 4th 2020, two massive explosions devastated the port of Beirut and the surrounding area. DG ECHO immediately activated Copernicus Rapid and Risk &...
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The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season was extremely active, with 30 “named storms” (tropical storm or higher strength), including 13 hurricanes, which is more than double...
This study assesses the global mountain population, population change over the 1975–2015 time-range, and urbanisation for 2015. The work uses theWorld Conservation Monitoring Centre (WCMC) definition...
Dynamics of societal material stocks such as buildings and infrastructures and their spatial patterns drive surging resource use and emissions. Two main types of data are...
In regions featuring strong convective activity (such as the Congo Basin, CB), turbulent mixing in the planetary boundary layer strongly affects the water budget. In this study, we...
Changing the coordinate system of grids storing population counts is typically a challenging task, due to the need to keep the population totals unchanged (i.e. volume preservation). The Population...
Drought monitoring is based on various indices: the standardized precipitation index (SPI), which shows the deviation from average precipitation and is therefore directly related to drought hazard, while...
Each country in Europe is investing a considerable amount of effort in, on the one hand, defining a medium and long-term strategy through the adoption and gradual lifting of containment measures...
This study assesses the impact of climate change on water resources in the Upper Blue Nile (Abay) River Basin using a regional climate model (RCM), COSMO Climate...
The 2020 edition of the Atlas of the Human Planet presents policy-relevant examples provided by users of Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) products. Following a call for contribution, 34...