Hurricane Melissa Nears Jamaica As Caribbean Braces For Widespread Damage ...

United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) ...

SUPARCO Launches Pakistan’s First Hyperspectral Satellite To Strengthen Disaster Management ...

Fire intensity represents the energy that is released from organic matter during the combustion process (Keeley, 2009). It also refers to the intensity of the fire while it is active. Burn severity, ...

UN-SPIDER aims to bridge the gap between the various communities involved in using space-based information for disaster risk management and emergency response. These communities include satellite ...

A general term for temperature variations above (extreme heat) or below (extreme cold) normal conditions (IRDR Glossary). Since climate varies regionally, the definition of an extreme temperature and ...

UN-SPIDER has welcomed a new Regional Support Office at the United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH). The cooperation was formalised through a memorandum of ...

The Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) has released its latest report titled "2023 Disasters in Numbers: A Significant Year of Disaster Impact", shedding light on the ...

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 ...

Rwandans can now easily access land-use plans and other spatial data through the National Land Use Planning Portal (NLUPP). The portal, the first of its kind in Africa, has been established on Esri's ...

According to a report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Norwegian GRID-Arendal organization climate change and land-use change may increase wildfire intensity and frequency globally to ...

Geospatial Artificial Intelligence (GeoAI) — the convergence of satellite-derived data with modern machine-learning techniques—has become a decisive factor in global disaster-risk governance. In ...