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Space assets and technology for bushfire management

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2021

With specific reference to the 2019-20 Australian fire season, this reports looks at the current state of the art, key challenges, and how bushfires can be better predicted and mitigated in the future. Comparing this to the future desired state,[...]

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Cataclysms : a new geology for the twenty-first century /

Michael R. Rampino, Author | new York : Columbia University Press | 2017

Michael R. Rampino builds on the latest findings from leading geoscientists to take "neocatastrophism" a step further, toward a richer understanding of the science behind major planetary upheavals and extinction events. Cataclysms offers a cosmi[...]

CYGNSS handbook Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System : Deriving surface wind speeds in tropical cyclones

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2016

The Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) handbook was compiled in 2015 to serve as a source of information about the mission and its data products for potential data users. The collaborative effort of many individuals has enabled [...]

The asteroid threat : defending our planet from deadly near-Earth objects /

William E. Burrows, Author | [S.l.] : Prometheus Books | 2014

"Presents a realistic, workable plan for defusing a potentially lethal threat from a rogue asteroid or comet. The explosion of a large meteor over Chelyabinsk, Siberia, in February 2013 is just the latest reminder that planet Earth is vulnerabl[...]

The sixth extinction : an unnatural history /

Elizabeth Kolbert, Author | New York : Henry Holt and Co. | 2014

Over the last half billion years, there have been five major mass extinctions, when the diversity of life on Earth suddenly and dramatically contracted. Scientists are currently monitoring the sixth extinction, predicted to be the most devas[...]

Space4health

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2014

The report focuses on the means in which space resources can be used to support public health during or immediately after a natural disaster. To provide a novel view on the topic, this report focuses on new concepts and innovations that have the[...]

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Assessing Australia's use of space products and services: a comparative benchmarking analysis : special report for Australian Government Department of Innovation, Industry, Science, and research

Futron Corporation, USA, Issuing body ; Australian Government (Australia), Author | [S.l.] : Futron | 2012

In the first quarter (1Q) of 2011, the Space Policy Unit (SPU) of the Australian Department of Innovation, Industry, Science and Research commissioned a study by Futron Corporation (Futron) to assess the relative sophistication, development, and[...]

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The Socio-Economic Benefits of GMES : A synthesis derived from a comprehensive analysis of previous results, focusing on disaster management

Christina Giannopapa, Author | Vienna (Austria) : European Space Policy Institute | ESPI report, ISSN 2218-0931 | 2011

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Space for security and prosperity of the peoples : first International Specialized Symposium "space and global security of humanity", Cyprus, Limassol, 2009

J.-M. Content, Editor ; Valery Alexandrovich Menshikov, Editor | Paris (France) : International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) | 2010

Should the USAF be involved in planetary defense

Air Command and Staff Coll. Maxwell AFB AL (United States), Author ; Brent W. Borchers, Author 2009

This paper analyzes what role, if any, should the United States Air Force take in the nation's stance on planetary defense. Planetary defense in this paper means protecting the planet and therefore our nation from the impact of large Near Earth [...]

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Global catastrophic risks

Nick Bostrom ; Milan M. Cirkovic | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2008

The book examines the largest-scale risks facing humanity : natural catastrophes, nuclear war, terrorism, global warming, biological weapons, totalitarianism, advanced nanotechnology, general artificial intelligence, and social collapse.