Space data applications for disaster and emergency management
Scientists in the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service have been keeping a close watch on wildfire emissions and their impacts on the atmosphere around the world throughout 2021. The service uses satellite observations of active fires to estimate wildfire emissions in near-real-time and predict the subsequent impact on air quality and the atmosphere. Several regions around the world […]Read More
Oil spills can have a devastating and destructive impact on the oceans and marine wildlife, having been a major concern in the marine world for years. Copernicus offers real-time monitoring of oil spills from space. Oil spills can occur as a result of accidents involving ships or oil rigs, or from illegal operational discharges. These […]Read More
2021 looks to be a record year for wildfire in Europe, at least if you look at it through the lens of Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) Rapid Mapping Activations. Between January and August 2021 the service was activated 27 times for wildfires in and around Europe. The previous highest year was 2019, with 22 […]Read More
A new and better way to detect floods just got off the ground. An innovative artificial intelligence model, called “Worldfloods”, can relay flood information from space to disaster response teams below. Deployed on hardware as part of the “Wild Ride” mission launched by SpaceX’s Falcon 9 on June 30th, 2021, Worldfloods represents an important step […]Read More
After three activations for floods in north western Europe in two days in July, the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) Rapid Mapping service was activated for wildfires twelve times in the last three weeks. These twelve activations represent almost a third of activations in 2021. These rapid successions of activations may be seen both as […]Read More
Copernicus EMS Risk and Recovery Mapping has reached the 100th activation milestone. Embedded in these 100 activations, the service, operational for more than eight years, has delivered more than 700 products (712 as of 01/07/2021) related to disaster preparedness and recovery, for 43 countries around the world, 19 European and 24 non-European. With these first 100 […]Read More
Mediterranean region evolves into wildfire hotspot, while fire intensity reaches new records in Turkey The Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service is observing closely the wildfire activities in the eastern Mediterranean region. In Turkey and southern Italy, CAMS data shows the emissions and intensity of wildfires are rapidly increasing and countries like Morocco, Albania, Greece, North Macedonia and Lebanon are […]Read More
In the course of the last two weeks the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (EMS) was activated several times for floods in the Rhine and Maas basins. In a series of four activations, the emergency satellite mapping service produced up to date maps of the affected areas in Switzerland, Germany, France, Belgium and ultimately the Netherlands. […]Read More
After a six-day blockade of the Suez Canal, the Evergreen ‘Ever Given’ mega containership was pulled out of the banks and shallows of the canal on Monday 29 March 2021, with the support of Dutch shipping and salvage company Boskalis Smit Salvage. The blocking of the canal was a minor maritime disaster, where the ship […]Read More
“All CO2 emissions to date may already lead to a warming of more than 2 degrees”, a new study shows. “Future emissions are added to that. Such a high level of warming has major consequences for the Netherlands”, warns Professor of Physical Geography Maarten Kleinhans of Utrecht University. Last Thursday, Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute (KNMI) […]Read More
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