Many U.S. Drivers Treat Partially Automated Cars as Self-Driving: Study
Drivers using advanced driver assistance systems like Tesla Autopilot or General Motor Super Cruise often treat their vehicles as fully self-driving despite warnings, a ...
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Extreme Weather Poses as Big a Threat to Global Energy Security as Ukraine War: WMO
Energy infrastructure will become more vulnerable to extreme weather such as heatwaves and hurricanes, the World Meteorological Organization warned on Tuesday, with a ...
How One Computer Forecast Model Botched Hurricane Ian
As Hurricane Ian bore down on Florida, normally reliable computer forecast models couldn't agree on where the killer storm would land. But government meteorologists are ...
Information Expected to Emerge Slowly in Hospital Chain Cyber Attack
Details of an apparent cyber attack on one of the largest health systems in the U.S. were slow to emerge as security experts on Oct. 7 warned that it often takes time to ...
How Climate Change Impacted Hurricane Ian: More Rain
Climate change added at least 10 percent more rain to Hurricane Ian, a study prepared immediately after the storm shows. Thursday's research, which is not peer-reviewed, compared peak rainfall rates ...
Marsh Clients Can Pay Fees With Carbon Credits
Marsh announced that U.S. clients now have the option to pay their service fees in voluntary carbon offset credits and renewable energy certificates (RECs). The move — believed to be a ...
Coalition of Insurers, Pension Funds Commit $7.1 Trillion to Support 1.5°C Climate Goal
A coalition of pension funds and insurance companies that includes Allianz SE, the California Public Employees' Retirement System and Zurich Insurance Group AG have committed to managing $7.1 ...
Report: While Hackers Eye Small Businesses, Ransomware Attacks Decline
A new cyber trends mid-year report released by cyber insurer Coalition suggests that while small businesses continue to be targeted, overall incidents are down and ransomware attacks are declining as ...
Assets of World’s Largest Companies at Growing Risk of Climate Impact: S&P
Over 90 percent of the world's largest companies will have at least one asset highly exposed to the physical impacts of climate change by the 2050s, according to data and analysis from index and ...