Global and local: how satellites can inform landslide science

Overview

Landslides are a critical natural hazard that kill thousands of people every year. Their occurrence in mountainous, often remote regions and disproportionate impact on the Global South can be better understood if earth observations from space can be used to help mitigate the harm they cause.

NASA Earth Science supports a range of research and applications to help observe and understand disasters – including landslides – from space, and this talk will help illustrate both the potential that these tools have to help reduce loss of life and also the gaps that remain to effective global use of remote sensing data for disasters.

This event is in collaboration with the Cabot Institute.