A través del sistema HMS (Hazzard Mapping System) en colaboración con NOAA el equipo de SERVIR realizo una animación de las imágenes de satélite del sensor GOES-EAST entre las 2:15UTC y 16:45UTC del día 23 de octubre en donde se observa claramente el incendio en los depositos de combustible en una refinería de Puerto Rico. Se utilizo el canal 2 infrarrojo de temperatura para lograr observar el punto caliente (hotspot) y el humo que emanaba del mismo.

  October 6, 2009: For 1200 years, the Maya dominated Central America. At their peak around 900 A.D., Maya cities teemed with more than 2,000 people per square mile -- comparable to modern Los Angeles County. Even in rural areas the Maya numbered 200 to 400 people per square mile. But suddenly, all was quiet. And the profound silence testified to one of the greatest demographic disasters in human prehistory -- the demise of the once vibrant Maya society.

see captionWhat happened? Some NASA-funded researchers think they have a pretty good idea.

"They did it to themselves," says veteran archeologist Tom Sever.

Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Biodiversity in Central America, Mexico, Dominican Republic 

Rapid, human-induced climate change is threatening to push species and ecosystems outside of habitable environmental conditions. In light of the growing need to consider climate change in policymaking, decision-makers need to understand possible impacts of climate change on biodiversity.

From August 17-20, 2009, CATHALAC organized a national workshop in El Salvador on the Application of SERVIR for Disaster Management and Response, jointly hosted by the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), with the support of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and NASA. This training event held at the Central American University “José Simeón Cañas,” included the participation of the national institutes responsible for disaster management, such as Civil Protection, the National Service for Territorial Studies (SNET) and MARN. Representatives from the University of El Salvador (UES) and the Central American University (UCA) also participated. Along with CATHALAC instruction, the workshop also brought specialists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Organization (NOAA) and the Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE).