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EO for Africa Symposium 2024

September 23 @ 09:00 - September 26 @ 13:00 UTC+2
ESA-ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei, 1
Frascati, RM 00044 Italy

Background ESA is pleased to announce the organization of the 2024 EO for Africa Symposium in partnership with the African Union Commission (AUC), African Association of Remote Sensing of the Environment (AARSE), the European Commission (EC), the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The …

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New Copernicus ground motion data available on GEP

The Geohazards Exploitation Platform (GEP) is the outcome of an ESA initiative to implement Thematic Exploitation Platforms, i.e. advanced on-line processing environments dedicated to user communities in specific thematic areas. The GEP is looking at geological and hydrogeological hazards with a focus on terrain motion mapping. In the context of its current evolution, the GEP …

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Environmental Crimes workshop 2024

June 11 @ 09:00 - June 12 @ 17:00 UTC+2
ESA-ESRIN, Largo Galileo Galilei, 1
Frascati, RM 00044 Italy

Background Environmental crime is growing at annual rates of 5% to 7% globally. Countering environmental crime is complex  as it is often perpetrated by criminal organizations operating across borders. It also spans a broad range of activities, such as illegal waste management and shipment, illegal logging and trade in timber, illegal water abstraction, pollution, habitats …

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Canada’s wildfire season begins

ESA’s World Fire Atlas, an essential tool in wildfire monitoring, keeps detecting and mapping active fires globally since 2019 thanks to the SLSTR sensor aboard Sentinel-3. The tool already counted 258 fires in Canada in 2024 up to 13 May. At the same time, the extent of air pollution caused by these wildfires are highlighted …

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Insights into waterborne infectious diseases with Earth Observation

There is an increasing threat from water-related issues impacting the human population through global warming, shifts in precipitation patterns and extreme weather conditions, all leading to water stress, including natural disasters such as floods or droughts, with a risk of severe damage to the environment, property and human life. A less studied aspect of such …

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EO4MULTIHAZARDS- Earth Observation for high-impact multi-hazards

Prime company: GMV AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE, SA (ES)

EO4MULTIHAZARDS aims to use state-of-the-art satellite Earth Observation to improve the understanding of high-impact cascading and compounding multi-hazard events, revealing their underlying drivers and dynamics, and enhancing our ability to assess their societal and ecological impacts. This project is dedicated to advancing scientific understanding and modeling of multi-hazard events through collaboration with both local and …

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Advanced cloud-based environment to support immediate disaster response

 The International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ is an international agreement among space agencies to support the immediate disaster response phase with satellite data and information. This is organized with Charter activations that are triggered by Authorized Users. Since its inception in 2000, it has supported 723 activations in 129 countries worldwide. In support …

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Free avalanche mapping tool on GEP

A new processing chain is available on the Geo-hazards Exploitation Platform (GEP). Its core is the avalanche detection method demonstrated in an open call project led by Norce. Taking advantage of the geo-hazards community platform’s new capabilities, anyone can exploit the simple, intuitive user interface and process Sentinel-1 data to detect and monitor avalanches on …

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Training and Education

Free online EO learning for everyone

Most recent add-on to the collection of online MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) dedicated to Earth observation data, techniques and applications is Land in Focus, launched last 4 October. This MOOC, funded by ESA, has been developed by experts from various internationally renowned institutes such as EOS Jena, WUR Wageningen, RUB Bochum, FSU Jena, Sinergise, …

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