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Since the beginning of this year, we have been running a series of monthly webinars on volcano monitoring, using data provided by different Sentinel missions. A new webinar is closing the loop!  This month, we will focus on Mount Etna, a stratovolcano on the east coast of Sicily, one of the three active volcanoes in Italy and one of the tallest active

Studies have shown that typhoons, hurricanes and other extreme weather events have become more frequent as a result of ongoing climatic change and this trend is likely to continue. These extreme weather events carry substantial human and economic costs. Using

Snow cover is an important driver of many climatic, hydrological and ecological processes and is a required input to many models aiming to study and predict them. Snow Cover Area (SCA) is also one of the Essential Climate Variables (ECVs)

In the recent years, the progress made in signal processing schemes brought a significant improvement in the resolution of altimetry sensors. As a result, altimeters on board missions like Sentinel-3 are capable of providing usable estimates not only in the

In the recent years, the progress made in signal processing schemes brought a significant improvement in the resolution of altimetry sensors. As a result, altimeters on board missions like Sentinel-3 are capable of providing usable estimates not only in the

In 2012, according to the World Health Organization, 3.7 million people around the world died as a result of outdoor air pollution, as it is a major environmental health problem affecting people in developed and developing countries alike. With millions

The Great Barrier Reef is the largest coral reef ecosystem on Earth. Stretching for thousands of kilometres along the coast of Eastern Australia, it represents an immense natural and economic value and has been declared UNESCO World Heritage site in

Rice is the most important crop for human consumption and is eaten by more than half of the world`s population every day. Ensuring there is enough affordable rice for everyone is critical for global food security, meaning that extreme weather

Earthquakes occur very often worldwide, especially in volcanic regions like Hawaii. They can be caused by tectonic faults, by the movement of magma in volcanoes (volcano tectonic earthquakes) and be related to dike intrusion. On 4 May 2018, an earthquake triggered

The Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon is one example of the effect of urban areas in the local climate. This effect mainly consists of the heating of urban zones in comparison to their non-urbanized surroundings. The atmospheric air temperature of