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6Apr 16, 2025</span></div><a href=/media/25-02-06-gaza-ag/><div class=img-hover-zoom><img src=/media/25-02-06-gaza-ag/featured_hu5558769956922969993.webp height=455 width=808 class=article-banner alt="Gaza: we analysed a year of satellite images to map the scale of agricultural destruction" loading=lazy></div></a><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-1 mt-3"><a href=/media/25-02-06-gaza-ag/>Gaza: we analysed a year of satellite images to map the scale of agricultural destruction</a></div></div><div class="card-simple view-card"><div class=article-metadata><span class=article-date>Last updated on
7Apr 16, 2025</span></div><a href=/media/24-12-16-gaza-wash/><div class=img-hover-zoom><img src=/media/24-12-16-gaza-wash/featured_hu4498119880315081070.webp height=455 width=808 class=article-banner alt="Israel has weaponised water – and the damage is terrifying" loading=lazy></div></a><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-1 mt-3"><a href=/media/24-12-16-gaza-wash/>Israel has weaponised water – and the damage is terrifying</a></div></div></div></div></div></section><section id=section-collection class="home-section wg-collection"><div class=home-section-bg></div><div class=container><div class="row justify-content-center"><div class="section-heading col-12 mb-3 text-center"><h1 class=mb-0>Recent and Upcoming Events</h1></div><div class=col-12><div class="card-simple view-card"><div class=article-metadata><span>Mar 20, 2025 3:30 PM &mdash; 4:30 PM</span></div><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-1 mt-3"><a href=/event/hnpw_2025/>Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks</a></div><a href=/event/hnpw_2025/ class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p>Remote Mapping of Conflict Damage: Understanding Opportunities & Limitations</p></div></a></div><div class="card-simple view-card"><div class=article-metadata><span>Dec 11, 2024 8:30 AM &mdash; 11:00 AM</span></div><div class="section-subheading article-title mb-1 mt-3"><a href=/event/agu_2024/>American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2024</a></div><a href=/event/agu_2024/ class=summary-link><div class=article-style><p>Tracking the Footprint of War: Earth and Environmental Science Perspectives on Monitoring Conflict Impacts</p></div></a></div></div></div></div></section><section id=section-collection class="home-section wg-collection"><div class=home-section-bg></div><div class=container><div class="row justify-content-center"><div class="section-heading col-12 mb-3 text-center"><h1 class=mb-0>Recent Publications</h1></div><div class=col-12><div class="pub-list-item view-citation" style=margin-bottom:1rem><i class="far fa-file-alt pub-icon" aria-hidden=true></i>
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9</span>(2025).
10<a href=/publication/ukr_damage/>Nationwide conflict damage mapping with interferometric synthetic aperture radar: A study of the 2022 Russia-Ukraine conflict</a>.
11Science of Remote Sensing.<p><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666017225000239 target=_blank rel=noopener>PDF
12</a><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href=https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.srs.2025.100217 target=_blank rel=noopener>DOI</a></p></div><div class="pub-list-item view-citation" style=margin-bottom:1rem><i class="far fa-file-alt pub-icon" aria-hidden=true></i>
13<span class="article-metadata li-cite-author"><span><a href=/author/he-yin/>He Yin</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/lina-eklund/>Lina Eklund</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/jamon-van-den-hoek/>Jamon Van Den Hoek</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/dima-habash/>Dima Habash</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/mazim-qumsiyeh/>Mazim Qumsiyeh</a></span>
14</span>(2025).
15<a href=/publication/gaza_ag_damage/>Evaluating war-induced damage to agricultural land in the Gaza Strip since October 2023 using PlanetScope and SkySat imagery</a>.
16Science of Remote Sensing.<p><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666017225000057 target=_blank rel=noopener>PDF</a></p></div><div class="pub-list-item view-citation" style=margin-bottom:1rem><i class="far fa-file-alt pub-icon" aria-hidden=true></i>
17<span class="article-metadata li-cite-author"><span><a href=/author/brian-perlman/>Brian Perlman</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/shalean-collins/>Shalean Collins</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/jamon-van-den-hoek/>Jamon Van Den Hoek</a></span>
18</span>(2025).
19<a href=/publication/wash_damage/>Public health implications of satellite-detected widespread damage to WASH infrastru

19cture in the Gaza Strip</a>.
20PLOS Global Public Health.<p><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href=https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-024-00580-x#citeas target=_blank rel=noopener>PDF
21</a><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href=https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004221 target=_blank rel=noopener>DOI</a></p></div><div class="pub-list-item view-citation" style=margin-bottom:1rem><i class="far fa-file-alt pub-icon" aria-hidden=true></i>
22<span class="article-metadata li-cite-author"><span><a href=/author/yara-asi/>Yara Asi</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/gregg-greenough/>Gregg Greenough</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/dennis-kunichoff/>Dennis Kunichoff</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/saira-khan/>Saira Khan</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/jamon-van-den-hoek/>Jamon Van Den Hoek</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/corey-scher/>Corey Scher</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/saleem-halabi/>Saleem Halabi</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/sawsan-abdulrahim/>Sawsan Abdulrahim</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/nadine-bahour/>Nadine Bahour</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/kayoum-ahmed/>Kayoum Ahmed</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/bram-wispelwey/>Bram Wispelwey</a></span>, <span><a href=/author/weeam-hammoudeh/>Weeam Hammoudeh</a></span>
23</span>(2024).
24<a href=/publication/gaza_hospitals/>‘Nowhere and no one is safe’: spatial analysis of damage to critical civilian infrastructure in the Gaza Strip during the first phase of the Israeli military campaign, 7 October to 22 November 2023</a>.
25Conflict and Health.<p><a class="btn btn-outline-primary btn-page-header btn-sm" href=https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13031-024-00580-x#citeas target=_blank rel=noopener>PDF
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