Space and aerial technology

Mimicking a randomized control trial of wildfires, scientists use satellites to uncover the key role of vegetation dryness in wildfire risk, aiding wildfire management and preparedness in California.

This study analyzes the feasibility of using satellite data to derive the Cooling Establishment Time (CET) for different Blue-Green Infrastructure (BGI)s across the city of Zurich, Switzerland.

This summer has seen a violent outbreak of forest fires across Canada and North America. According to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC), there were 911 active fires across the country on July 13.

This paper aims to understand the underlying factors affecting the dissemination of early warning information, and how it hinders community evacuation in the event of a disaster.

Communities in Bangladesh, Bhutan, and Mongolia, where conventional ground-based telecommunication systems have limited reach, are prone to disruption during extreme disaster events, and warning information is often unclear, distorted, or delayed.

To protect the lives and livelihoods of thousands, The Gambia has partnered with UNESCO to establish a state-of-the-art, end-to-end early warning system for floods that relies heavily on drones.

Sat Vu, the trailblazing climate tech company, announces the highly anticipated launch of its groundbreaking thermal imaging satellite: "HOTSAT-1."

Early data show the greatest net gain of water over the winter in nearly 22 years, but the state's groundwater levels still suffer from the effects of years of drought.