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Tropical Cyclone Fytia made landfall on Madagascar's western coast on 31 January 2026, bringing heavy rainfall, strong winds, and storm surges to some of the country's most remote regions. Preliminary ...

Heavy rains since mid-December have caused widespread flooding across Mozambique, particularly in the provinces of Gaza, Maputo, and Sofala. Several major river basins have risen above alert levels, ...

Tropical forests, often described as the planet’s “green lungs,” absorb vast quantities of carbon dioxide, release oxygen, and play a crucial role in regulating Earth’s climate. While widespread ...

A magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border on 31 August 2025, with its epicentre in Kuz Kunar District, Kunar Province, at a shallow depth of about 8–10 km. The ...

Vandenberg Space Force Base, 17 November 2025 – The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite launched at 06:21 CET aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, marking the arrival ...

Researchers at James Cook University (JCU) in Australia have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) algorithm that merges two types of satellite imagery to better detect and assess oil spills at ...

The Training Workshop and Youth Forum on Innovative Geospatial Information Applications for Disaster Resilience and Response was held on 22–23 October 2025 in Deqing and Yuhang, Zhejiang Province, ...

Jiuquan, China, 19 October 2025 – Marking a historic milestone in its national space program, Pakistan successfully launched its first Hyperspectral Satellite (HS-1) from China’s Jiuquan Satellite ...

The Human Planet Forum 2025, “People and Planet: Shared Understanding for Informed Action,” will explore how geospatial data supports safer, more inclusive, and sustainable decision-making. The event ...

Rocket Lab successfully launched Japan-based Synspective’s seventh StriX satellite into low Earth orbit on October 14, 2025, marking its 15th mission of the year and the first of 21 new launches ...

Esri, NOAA, and Dewberry have joined forces to modernize mapping across 64 remote and underserved communities in Alaska. Many of these communities are located in the state’s vast Unorganized Borough, ...