11. März 2024From March 4 to 6, 2024, DLR hosted this year’s Physics of Volcanoes workshop. At this German Geophysical Society event held annually at a German research institution, an interdisciplinary exchange on various aspects of volcanism was in the foreground.
March 11, 2024At the beginning of March, the La Cumbre volcano on an uninhabited island in the Galapagos archipelago erupted, endangering unique animal species found only there, such as the giant tortoise discovered there. The satellites of the European Copernicus program are monitoring the eruption.
February 29, 2024Experts from Germany, Chile, Ecuador and Peru have developed a demonstrator for a multi-risk information system in an international research collaboration led by the Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The demonstrator tool can be used to simulate and display cascading effects and interactions of natural hazards in complex disaster events. The findings obtained allow risks to be reduced or avoided altogether and for the public to be prepared for impending dangers.
February 19, 2024Humanitarian aid is urgently needed. Worldwide, 333 million people are suffering from acute hunger due to conflicts, natural disasters, the effects of climate change and high food prices. The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) has been providing technological support in the fight against hunger for around twenty years - in particular alongside the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian organization. Now they have renewed their first formal alliance.
Februar 12, 2024Two years ago, for the first time after 13 years, the European Space Organization (ESA) again selected again astronauts for future missions. They were chosen from over 22,500 applicants. On February 6 they paid a visit to EOC as part of their basic training.
February 9, 2024After days of intense summer heat, devastating fires broke out in the Valparaíso region of central Chile. The wildland fires destroyed thousands of homes and claimed several casualties and injuries. The Center for Satellite-based Crisis information (ZKI) of DLR created maps for this disaster, based on data of the German hyperspectral satellite mission EnMAP in the frame of the International Charter of Space and Major Disaster.
February 8, 2024On February 6, 2024 EOC welcomed a delegation comprised of the president of the Federal Agency for Cartography and Geodesy (BKG), Prof. Paul Becker, and his senior staff.In a meeting of the leadership of both institutions central areas of collaboration relating to the use of remote sensing data for public authorities were discussed and potentials in additional fields examined.