5. Aug 2025 | Allgemein, General
On 13 August 2025, the Metop-SGA1 satellite from the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) will launch from Kourou (French Guiana). On board is the METimage multispectral camera, a high-tech measuring instrument designed to...
1. Aug 2025 | Allgemein, General
The German Federal Agency for Technical Relief (THW) is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Since its founding in 1950, the organization has been active in a wide range of civil protection and disaster relief areas – from small daily operations to flood relief...
30. Jul 2025 | Allgemein, Recent Events
In the morning of 30 July 2025, a seaquake occurred off the east coast of Russia, with its epicentre in the open sea around 130 km off the coast of Kamchatka. With a measured magnitude of 8.8, the quake was the strongest worldwide since the Fukushima disaster in March...
30. Jul 2025 | Allgemein, Recent Events
The Portuguese firefighters are currently fighting wildfires in several regions of the country. A total of around 2,700 firefighters with over 1,000 vehicles are involved in the operation [1]. The centre and north of the country are the worst affected. The situation...
