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The MEOSAR satellite-based search and rescue system will improve the current COSPAS-SARSAT system (Image: NOAA)
19 May 2015
Emergency Readiness and Response Experience Center opened in USA
True color satellite image of the Gulf of Tonkin in Vietnam (Image: NASA)
18 May 2015
Viet Nam and India cooperate in remote sensing technology
Data from the sensors are made available via a web-based interface (Image: ESA)
18 May 2015
Structural movements to be detected through satellite navigation sensors
The first wave of January 2010 El Nino storms (Image: USNRL)
18 May 2015
Computer models forecast substantial El Nino event
Decades of satellite images show: Earth is a cloudy place (Image: NASA)
15 May 2015
NASA satellites show: Earth is a cloudy place
International Geomatic Week 2015 will particularly focus on "Geospatial information for building peace"
14 May 2015
IGAC: Preparing for the 2015 International Geomatic Week
Japan to use a supercomputer for disaster risk reduction after the devastation caused by the 2011 tsunami (Image: U.S. Air Force)
14 May 2015
Supercomputer K: An ally to reduce disaster risks
Rosa brings the ESNC to Romania (Image: ROSA)
13 May 2015
ROSA announced prizes of ESNC Regional Competition in Romania
Jason-CS/Sentinel-6 mission to measure ocean's surface topography with high-precision (Image: NASA)
13 May 2015
New Copernicus Earth observation mission by ESA and Airbus Defence
Landslides identified by the NASA-USGS-Interagency Volunteer Earthquake Response Team appearing in yellow and by the British Geological Survey-Durham University-Earthquakes Without Frontiers team in pink (Image: Google/ICIMOD)
12 May 2015
International team to prevent hazards after Nepal earthquake

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