ENVISAT & DISASTER MONITORING
When major natural or man-made disasters occur the priority is to obtain fast and accurate information about what is going on. Satellites can provide that through the International Space and Major Disasters Charter. Find out all about the charter in this week's edition of Space.
TC in : 10.00.40 When fire, poisonous fumes and molten rock come pouring out of the ground, it's spectacular .. but also often deadly. It's the same when summer wild fires rage through parts of Europe .. or elsewhere.
To combat these catastrophies .. information is essential.
Knowledge is power .. discovering the size of a disaster means the best way can be found to fight it.
That's where the International Space and Major Disasters Charter comes in. With a catastrophe threatening .. as for example with the wild fires in Portugal .. the local civil authorities send a fax .. calli

ENVISAT & DISASTER MONITORING
including images from volcanos
When major natural or man-made disasters occur the priority is to obtain fast and accurate information about what is going on. Satellites can provide that through the International Space and Major Disasters Charter. Find out all about the charter in this week's edition of Space.
TC in : 10.00.40 When fire, poisonous fumes and molten rock come pouring out of the ground, it's spectacular .. but also often deadly. It's the same when summer wild fires rage through parts of Europe .. or elsewhere.
To combat these catastrophies .. information is essential.
Knowledge is power .. discovering the size of a disaster means the best way can be found to fight it.
That's where the International Space and Major Disasters Charter comes in. With a catastrophe threatening .. as for example with the wild fires in Portugal .. the local civil