Earth's surface water is intensely dynamic. Water bodies change in size all the time, but these changes are not reflected on maps.
The JRC’s in-house laser based systems enable nuclear safeguards inspectors to efficiently create maps of nuclear facilities to monitor changes over time.
This laboratory of the Joint Research Centre ensures the proper operation of all radiation protection instruments by electronic calibration and daily performance checks.
About 30 million EU citizens are affected by more than 6000 different rare diseases and the information is spread between hundreds of registries at national and regional levels.
The most complete, consistent, global, free and open dataset on human settlements – from the village to the megacity.
The JRC's Vehicle Emissions Laboratory based in Ispra comprises major testing facilities capable of conducting emissions tests on on-road vehicles and non-road machines.
The narcotics laboratory at the Joint Research Centre provides scientific support to European Commission services in charge of new psychoactive substance legislation.
Some alien species become invasive and affect our native ecosystems. Citizens can help preventing the introduction or spread of alien species, and support by monitoring them.
EDGAR is a global database of human emissions of greenhouse gases and air pollution on earth
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