LPS brought together thousands of Earth observation scientists, policymakers, and industry leaders to explore how satellite ...

Digital Twins and Earth Observation: UN-SPIDER and ZFL hold presentation on Mapping for Disaster Risk Management at LPS 2025 ...

Digital Twins and Earth Observation: UN-SPIDER and ZFL Present Flood Mapping Innovations at LPS 2025 ...

UN-SPIDER has published a new Recommended Practice that leverages both Sentinel-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Sentinel-2 optical imagery to improve flood detection and mapping. Developed by the ...

The Recommended Practice was applied during the October 2024 floods in Sri Lanka, demonstrating its value in real-world disaster response. The integration of multiple data sources improved the ...

Biomass marks a major milestone in ESA’s Earth Explorer program and is set to operate for at least five years. Equipped with the first-ever spaceborne P-band synthetic aperture radar, the mission will ...

ESA's key 2025 takeaways Earth’s orbital environment is a finite resource. Satellites that remain in their operational orbit at the end of their mission are at risk of fragmenting into dangerous ...

Early warning systems have proven to be invaluable in reducing these impacts. By providing timely alerts, these systems enable governments and communities to take proactive measures, saving lives and ...

Since several decades ago, developed and developing countries began to implement early warning systems to reduce the impacts of natural hazards such as severe weather, floods, and tsunamis. In March ...

History and organizational Structure of GloFAS: The chapter outlines significant milestones in the system's development, starting from its establishment in 2011 to the release of GloFAS version 4 in ...

It presents 10 case studies of recent global disasters, highlighting how vulnerabilities, such as weak infrastructure, exacerbated their impacts. For instance, Cyclone Freddy’s devastating toll in ...