The EU is seeking to limit growing threats from blazes through the use of satellites, artificial intelligence and unmanned aerial vehicles. By combining satellite images and other data, the system...
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The Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) celebrates a decade of operation today as a world leader in emergency mapping, early warning tools and open-access disaster information.
In a new study published today in Nature, researchers used satellite images to map over 900 flood events that occurred between 2000 and 2018, affecting between...
Information Bulletin 151 - Mobilisation and Response of Copernicus Emergency Management Service for the Volcanic Eruption in La Palma (Spain)
50 years after its latest eruption, the Cumbre Vieja volcano on the island of La Palma, Canarias, Spain, entered into an eruptive episode on 19 September 2021...
Record rainfall has caused swollen rivers to burst their banks and wash away homes and other buildings in western Europe – leading to more than 90...
China successfully launches new meteorological satellite, further boosts disaster event observation and response capability
The launch of the new satellite will further strengthen China's observation and response capability of small and medium scale disaster events and provide information security services for a range...
This year, record-breaking wildfires triggered by similarly historic heatwaves are ravaging swaths of land on three continents and Earth observation satellites — some operated by space...
The EU Civil Protection Mechanism has been activated to tackle heavy floods, following a request for assistance from Belgium on 14 July 2021.
A new study suggests sea discoloration data obtained from satellite images as a novel criterion in predicting if eruption looms for an underwater volcano.
Low-cost, high-fidelity components and access to cheaper rocket launches means we're entering the era of constellations - of large networks of spacecraft.
