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UN University-led experts have debuted a new tool that generates instant, accurate street-level resolution maps of floods worldwide since 1985. The

It was created by the UN Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH) in Hamilton, Canada, with support from Google, MapBox and other partners.

Fire plays a dominant role in deforestation, particularly in the tropics, but the relative extent of transformations and influence of fire frequency on eventual forest loss remain unclear. Here, we analyze the frequency of fire and its influence on postfire forest trajectories between 2001 and 2018. We account for ~1.1% of Latin American forests burnt in 2002–2003 (8,465,850 ha). Although 40.1% of forests (3,393,250 ha) burned only once, by 2018, ~48% of the evergreen forests converted to othe...

Like other African countries, Niger is exposed to floods and other natural hazards.  In the fall of the year 2020, the Niger river triggered some of the worst floods in many decades affecting Niamey, other cities, and rural communities located on the shores of the river.

Researchers from across the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Queen Mary are helping to improve global understanding of environmental challenges, restore ecosystems and support sustainable development.

Data-driven environmental decision-making and action in armed conflict Format Wim Zwijnenburg, Project Leader on Humanitarian Disarmament, PAX *A digital revolution through a myriad of earth observation data and open-source investigations is reshaping our understanding of the environmental causes and consequences of armed conflicts. From spatio-temporal analysis to near-real time monitoring of conflicts and resulting harm from scorched earth tactics, environmental data can quickly be incorporat...

Climate Central bridges the scientific community and the public, providing clear information to help people make sound decisions about the climate.

The Xingu River Basin, one of the most biodiverse regions of the Brazilian Amazon, is reeling from an explosion of illegal deforestation that has coincided with the rise and presidency of far-right populist Jair Bolsonaro. According to a recent report by the Xingu+ Network, based on its Sirad deforestation monitoring system, between 2018 and 2020, […]

Science refutes United Cacao’s claim it didn’t deforest Peruvian Amazon Years of satellite imagery and analysis reveals that United Cacao, a company once publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange, deforested nearly 2,000 hectares (about 5,000 acres) of primary forest in the Peruvian Amazon. The evidence refutes the company’s narrative that farmers had degraded the land before it arrived. The deforestation, as well as other legal violations, have led to sanctions against a successor to ...

Surface water resources and terrestrial water storage are important for human survival in Central Asia (CA) and the balance of regional...