RECENT ACTIVITIES
Read here more on recent activities and research projects. We are actively develop new algorithms for remote sensing image interpretation, mass data processing and new information products based on machine learning and AI. We present new research results at conferences and scientific publications.
November 11, 2020
November 11, 2020
RSS and partners (United Nations University, Welthungerhilfe) successfully held an online webinar, titled ‘Drought risk assessment validation webinar’ for stakeholders in Zimbabwe. The online meeting took […]
März 31, 2020
März 31, 2020
In collaboration with the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (icipe) in Nairobi (Kenya) and within a BIOVISION funded project, RSS has developed a satellite-based […]
Januar 10, 2020
Januar 10, 2020
RSS published a spatially explicit and transferable approach to mapping drought with remote sensing this month. All the model’s input variables are available at no cost […]
November 28, 2019
November 28, 2019
CoExist will monitor environmental-related transhumance patterns and will assess the associated risks for population displacement in Chad and the Central African Republic. The project is a […]
November 21, 2019
November 21, 2019
In the framework of the Krombacher climate protection project, the WWF implemented a large peat restoration activity to improve the water balance of a peat swamp […]
November 20, 2019
November 20, 2019
Drought events pose a threat to crop productivity, can cause socioeconomic impacts such as decreased farmer income, and may even result in the need for international […]
September 5, 2019
September 5, 2019
RSS became a new member of the Global Peatlands Initiative and is now looking forward to contribute to peatland conservation through assessing the status of global […]
Mai 6, 2019
Mai 6, 2019
Der Klimawandel hat sich als ein wichtiger Risikofaktor für die globale öffentliche Gesundheit herausgestellt, der allein agiert oder die Auswirkungen der breiten Palette der gut untersuchten unmittelbaren und mittelbaren Gesundheitsfaktoren verändert. Eine von der DFG geförderte Forschungsgruppe im Bereich Public Health untersucht, wie die Wettervariabilität drei wichtige klimasensitive Gesundheitsergebnisse beeinflusst: (i) Unterernährung im Kindesalter, (ii) Malaria und (iii) Hitzestress.
Februar 5, 2019
Februar 5, 2019
Within the framework of the GIZ’s FORCLIME programme, RSS was recently hosting a week-long training on burned area detection using Sentinel-1 satellite data. Over 20 Indonesian […]
