Rheticus awarded Best Innovative Solution for utilities
Rheticus Network Alert was awarded as Best Innovative Solution in the “Challenge Innovation au Village” during the event “Carrefour des Gestions Locales de l’Eau”, held in Rennes, 25-26 January 2023. Carrefour des Gestions Locales de l’Eau is the main annual event for French utilities, public authorities and stakeholders involved in the management of water and ...Read more
Supporting Asian Development Bank’s sustainable agriculture actions
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is exploring the potential of satellite-based information provided by Rheticus Agriculture service to support the Indonesian Government in flood risks management, and for the sustainable growth of agriculture and aquaculture sectors. The project “water and food security planning” led by Terradue, the Earth Science consultancy company, aims to ensure sustainable ...Read more
Monitoring harmful algal blooms in Saudi Arabia
In December 2021, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia adopted the Rheticus Marine service to monitor water quality and in particular to detect harmful algal blooms in the Red Sea. Warming oceans and anthropogenic pollution have led to more frequent and extensive harmful algal blooms (HABs) worldwide. The Red Sea is suffering a reduction of wild ...Read more
Rheticus Aquaculture selected as new service of EUROGEO
Rheticus Aquaculture has been selected as new service pilot of the EUROGEO, the European contribution to the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS). The e-shape initiative aims at implementing a coordinated and comprehensive portfolio of operational services, for the decision-makers, the citizens, the industry and the researchers. The EUROGEO portfolio includes 27 (+ 5 ...Read more
Making aquaculture more sustainable and efficient with Rheticus® Aquaculture
Is there a connection between aquaculture, climate change and satellite Earth Observation? Fish and seafood play a significant role in the human diet and represent a very important source of protein. About 20% of the world’s population takes at least 20% of animal protein from fish. According to the FAO, human population growth is expected ...Read more
The Marine face of Rheticus: coastal water monitoring of the Epirus Region
Introduction Eutrophication of coastal areas is one of the most important and long lasting water quality problems for densely populated and industrialised countries. It can greatly affect coastal ecosystems. It is included among the Descriptors of the EU Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD) needed for evaluating the Good Environment Status (GES) of marine areas. Furthermore, ...Read more