Technology/Science
Weather Whiplash: Why Floods and Droughts Are Coming Together
Parts of northern Texas, mired in a drought labeled as extreme and exceptional, are flooding under torrential rain. In a drought. Sound familiar? It should. The Dallas region is just the latest ...
UK Water Supplier Hit by Cyber Attack, Highlighting Critical Infrastructure Vulnerabilities
A company that supplies water to more than 1.5 million people in the UK disclosed it was hit by a cyber attack in an incident security experts said highlighted potentially dangerous vulnerabilities ...
Environmental Officer Warns New Jersey Is Not Prepared for Climate Change Effects
New Jersey's top environmental officer says the state is not ready for the worsening effects of climate change and rising seas. Testifying Thursday to a joint state Senate-Assembly panel on coastal ...
Aon Teams With University of California to Enhance Wildfire Modeling
Aon plc announced that its Impact Forecasting team will be collaborating with the University of California, Merced and the University of California, Los Angeles to implement the latest climate change ...
Biden Admin Announces $3 Billion in FEMA Climate Resilience Funding
The Biden administration on Friday announced it is putting more than $3 billion into two federal programs to help communities deal with floods, wildfires, extreme heat and other problems imposed by ...
Climatic Hazards Aggravate Disease-Causing Pathogens, Scientists Warn
Here's something to think about after two years of living in a COVID-19 reality: More than 58 percent of human diseases caused by pathogens — think dengue, hepatitis, malaria, Zika — have been ...
Dry Lightning Sparking Costliest California Wildfires: Research
A new study has found dry lightning outbreaks are the leading cause of some of the largest wildfire outbreaks in modern California history. Despite this, dry lightning has remained largely ...
Dissatisfied Claimants Put Carriers at Risk of Losing $170B in Premiums: Accenture
A research report published last week found that one-third of claimants were not fully satisfied with their most recent insurance claims experience, adding that speed of settlement is a clear pain ...