In recent years, the need to understand the urban environment has grown more urgent than ever. Climate change is not an abstract future scenario; it is already here, reshaping our cities day by day. Among the many phenomena that demand our attention, the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effect stands out—not only for its environmental and public health impacts but also for its socio-political implications. Through satellite imagery and remote sensing, we can now visualize and quantify these dynamics with increasing precision. This post reflects on such an analysis I conducted using LANDSAT 8 imagery (Scene ID: LC08_L2SP_201032_20250328_20250401_02_T1, Date Acquired: 2025/03/28), and discusses the findings in the broader context of urban planning, climate justice, and the urgent need to protect urban vegetation.
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Mapping My 10-Year Adventure: Running Madrid to Ulaanbaatar 10,127 km
In August 2014, I laced up my running shoes for the first time, with no grand expectations — just a simple desire to move, to feel better, to take control. I was far from athletic: weighing nearly 80 kilograms (almost 20 kg more than today), with no endurance, no rhythm, and definitely no running background (exception made of some runs in my mid 20’s :-)). But I made myself a promise: I would be stubborn, consistent, and patient. No matter the weather — rain, wind, snow, scorching heat, storms — I would run, three times a week, every week.
LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES 2025: Sentinel 2 +Overpass Turbo (OSM)
En Los Ángeles, la combinación de condiciones meteorológicas, como los vientos secos de Santa Ana y las altas temperaturas, crea un entorno propenso a incendios forestales. Estos fuegos, a menudo cercanos a áreas urbanas, representan un gran desafío para la gestión de emergencias. Aquí es donde Sentinel-2 se convierte en una herramienta crucial. Utilizando la combinación de bandas 12, 8, 4, Sentinel-2 permite detectar rápidamente focos de calor y evaluar la extensión de las áreas quemadas, lo que es vital para coordinar respuestas eficaces. Esta capacidad de monitoreo casi en tiempo real es fundamental para mitigar el impacto de los incendios y proteger tanto a las comunidades como a los ecosistemas.
Palestine 2023-2024
The 7th of October will forever be remembered in our collective memory as a day of tragedy and senseless violence, an operation that would shatter the dream of Israel’s inviolability. The attacks by Hamas were unequivocally condemnable. The targeting of civilians (+1200 dead and +250 kidnappings) is never acceptable, and those responsible for such acts must be held accountable. However, the response that followed has escalated into something far worse, a state-driven campaign of violence by Israel that has, in just one year, claimed over 42,000 lives, a staggering number of whom are women and children. This is not defense; this is mass murder. GENOCIDE.
Wildfires in Russia through SENTINEL 2
In recent days, the Sakha region in Russia has experienced significant wildfire activity, More than 100 wildfires spanning more than 300,000 hectares are currently active. driven by a combination of extreme weather conditions and environmental factors. The fires, which have spread across vast areas of forest and tundra, have been exacerbated by unusually high temperatures and prolonged periods of drought. These conditions have led to exceptionally dry vegetation, creating an ideal fuel for the fires.
Measuring moisture: Normalized Difference Moisture Index (NDMI) Sentinel-2 2022
I am here in front of my desktop and I wonder how to take advantage of Sentinel Hub for tracking up moisture in a random plot anywhere in the world. Has it been irrigated at the right time for the type of crop? How has rainfall been affected over the analysis time? How has the use of certain fertilisers affected it? Has it positively affected production?. Let’s take a closer look.
Marathon à Nantes 2022: CHECKED!
J’ai toujours cru que faire les choses selon un plan facilitait la réalisation de ce que vous aviez prévu de faire, eh bien, quand il s’agit de courir un Marathon, c’est la clé. Lors de mon troisième Marathon après Valencia en 2017 et Madrid en 2019, on constate une meilleure tendance par rapport au nombre de kilomètres de préparation.
¡Viento del Sahara en España! ¡Sí!
De repente se levanta uno y ve los coches, los marcos de las ventanas y las aceras llenos de arena… ¿Qué es esto?, ¡Uno quiere comprender más en detalle! Si esto es en Madrid, qué no ocurrirá en Murcia (que está de camino)!! 🙂 Lo cierto es que si tomamos las imágenes del SENTINEL 5P Aerosol index podemos ver cómo en esa longitud de onda encontramos aerosoles. ¡Y muchos! ¿Y hacia dónde se desplazan?. Directos al centro de la península.
Tracking COVID19 TIA 14d a 20220310
sa mejora drásticamente, una incidencia 10 veces menor (de media) que la de hace solo dos meses, que llegó a algunos máximos en determinadas ZBS a una incidencia de 4,500 casos por 100,000 habitantes… La presión en la calle baja levemente, ya se permite desde hace un par de semanas ir sin mascarilla por la calle y se comenta que la semana que viene probablemente se quitarán las mascarillas en interiores (qué ganas!).
Tracking COVID19 TIA 14d a 20220111
De nuevo no voy a hacer muchos comentarios porque las imágenes hablan por sí mismas, simplemente muestro para ver con un poco de perspectiva en el futuro. En resumen, las Tasa sube sin parar, no parece que la variante Omicrón sea grave pero sí lo suficiente como para todavía provocar algunas muertes, en todo casoContinue reading “Tracking COVID19 TIA 14d a 20220111”
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