WMO and UNDRR Launch Status Report On Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems ...

This step-by-step procedure aims to illustrate how to develop a burn severity map in order to assess areas affected by wildfires. The Normalized Burn Ratio (NBR) is used during the process as it ...

Natural and technological hazards continue to trigger disasters in many countries of the world, making no distinction between developed or developing nations. In the year 2022, Pakistan experienced ...

The European Environment Agency (EEA) is an agency of the European Union, with the task to provide sound, independent information on the environment. EEA is a major information source for those ...

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 ...

The launch event of the Atlas of the Human Planet 2024 will be an occasion to explore how information on population and human settlements derived from Copernicus satellites can help tackle a broad ...

A wildfire is an unplanned fire that burns in a natural area such as a forest, a grassland or a prairie; it can happen anywhere at any time. Wildfires are often caused by human activity or triggered ...

A tsunami is a series of ocean waves that send water surges onto land, often causing widespread destruction. Large, undersea earthquakes or underwater volcanic eruptions and landslides typically cause ...

Tsunamis, storm surges and sea level rise are critical coastal hazards influenced by the coastal landform and elevations. Therefore, elevation data play a crucial role in determining the potential ...

Floods are impacting many communities around the world, triggering devastating disasters as in the case of the recent floods in Southern Brazil in May 2024, in the South Eastern United States in ...

Storm surge is an abnormal rise of water generated by a storm, over and above the predicted astronomical tides. Storm surge is produced by water being pushed towards the shore by the force of the ...

Sea level rise is increasing around the globe because of climate change. The rapid increment of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is increasing global temperatures. The ...