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Salesforce has released a comprehensive white paper that details emerging threats posed by Large Language Models (LLMs) and offers actionable strategies for organizations to fortify their defenses. Why it’s important: The age of…

Public awareness of common fire risks is critical to saving lives and drastically reducing property loss. The public needs to understand that today’s structure fires can go from a small flame to flashover in just 3 to 5 minutes, leaving…

By Álvaro S. Pereira, OECD Chief Economist ad interim, Economics Department After a lengthy period of weak growth, the world economy is finally growing around 4%, the historical average of the past few decades. This is good news. And…

Cavco Industries Inc. faces $272K in fines, program focused on high injury rate employersAUSTIN, TX – An Austin subsidiary of one of the nation’s largest producers of modular and manufactured homes faces $272,479 in penalties after…

The report examines intrinsic drivers related to virus characteristics or host susceptibility. It also discusses extrinsic drivers which may increase exposure of mammals and humans to avian influenza viruses, thereby stimulating mutation…

Agency developing next steps to address risks April 1, 2024 WASHINGTON — Today, April 1, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is announcing its next steps to…

This paper discusses the growing potential cybersecurity vulnerabilities of UN peace operations. Fast-moving changes in the cyber capabilities of state and non-state actors, the changing nature of asymmetric warfare, and…

Researchers at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health will work in close collaboration with fire departments and firefighters to measure the exposure risk of wildland-urban fires and evaluate…

ISLAMABAD —  China joined a Pakistan probe Friday into the killing of five of its nationals in a suicide car bombing. That attack has led to the suspension of work on a multibillion-dollar Chinese-funded hydropower project. Pakistani…

Catastrophic collapses of major bridges are thankfully rare. Notable examples in the last couple of decades include the failure of the I35-W in Minneapolis in August 2007, and the collapse of the Morandi bridge in Genoa 11 years…

Privacy is a key principle for developing ethical AI technologies. But as technological advances in AI far outpace regulation of these technologies, the responsibility of mitigating privacy risks in goods and…

IntroductionIn 2024, Holi occurs on March 25. Here we consider how warming trends in India increase the chances of uncomfortably and possibly dangerously hot conditions.Results1. March and April are warming across IndiaEvery region…

The new Integrated Classifier Pipeline system uses genetic fingerprints to identify unintended bystander CRISPR edits. A confocal microscope image of an early…

Our collective experience and conversations about the global pandemic elevated social knowledge about the immune system to a level never seen before. Whether talking about protecting the elderly or immunocompromised or the…

Multiple crises worsened by climate change threaten lives of 45 million childrenAs a prolonged heatwave and drought grip several countries in Eastern and Southern Africa, UNICEF is sounding the alarm on the dire situation faced by…

As the state’s premier emergency management agency, the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) continues to monitor all disasters around the clock, including tsunamis.    Cal OES’ State Operations Center actively…

As the levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continue to increase and climate change impacts become more costly, the scientific community is redoubling efforts to investigate the potential risks and benefits of artificially…

In February, California faced a “monster storm.” This storm was the second atmospheric river storm to hit the state within a week, leaving nine confirmed dead in its wake. While this storm was record breaking, California saw similar…

A music concert in suburban Moscow became the scene of a bloody terrorist attack on March 22 as gunmen with automatic weapons and Molotov cocktails killed more than 130 people and injured dozens more. Immediately after the attack,…

GENEVA —  More than 13 years after Syria erupted into civil war, the United Nations says the country has become a more dangerous place for civilians, noting that the oppressive government of President Bashir al-Assad that sparked the…

The Internet of Things (IoT) has been steadily rolled out to numerous devices worldwide since the mid–late 2000s, starting largely with benign consumer items and increasingly into more sensitive areas, including healthcare,…

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Natural Hazards in Silicon Valley: Mitigating Risks with Home Safety Expert Real Estate IQ: Wisdom for Smart Moves Ted Stephanos - Vice President of Natural Hazard Disclosure Explore Ted's journey in natural hazard disclosures,…

March 19, 2024 “27 percent of the drugs on the Food and Drug Administration’s Essential Medicines List were categorized by the Defense Logistics Agency as “Very High Risk”.”  Text of Letter (PDF) | DoD Report…

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle 1 Institute and Outpatient Clinic of Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine,…

The European Commission has today published a Communication on managing climate risks in Europe. It sets out how the EU and its Member States can better anticipate, understand, and address growing climate risks. It further presents how…

Running from the Appalachian Mountains to the Florida Everglades, the southeastern United States produces a vast array of agricultural goods including citrus, strawberries, corn, cotton, soybean, and peanuts. To effectively bring these…

Running from the Appalachian Mountains to the Florida Everglades, the southeastern United States produces a vast array of agricultural goods including citrus, strawberries, corn, cotton, soybean, and peanuts. To effectively bring these…

Running from the Appalachian Mountains to the Florida Everglades, the southeastern United States produces a vast array of agricultural goods including citrus, strawberries, corn, cotton, soybean, and peanuts. To effectively bring these…

Flooding is driving millions of people to move out of their homes, limiting growth in some prospering communities, and accelerating the decline of others, according to a new study that details how climate change and flooding are…

Impacts from natural hazards, climate change and other human-generated shocks do not occur in isolation.Risks from these types of events – and our responses to them – exhibit complex characteristics that are felt across sectors and…

1. IntroductionEnergy transition and digital technologies are key sources of growing demand for minerals and the ongoing mining boom . Our research uses Kazakhstan as a case study to underscore the importance of strengthening…

Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week’s key developments relating to climate change. This is an online version of Carbon Brief’s weekly DeBriefed email newsletter. Subscribe for free…

This Climate Risk Profile provides an overview of climate risks to food security and resilience in Somalia, including an overview of current and projected climate change impacts to agriculture, livestock, fisheries, water resources, and…

The approximately two million family farmers that live across northern Central America are among the most vulnerable populations in the region. These family farmers typically cultivate staples like beans or maize on 1-2 hectares of land,…

As the 2024 academic year begins in Australia and New Zealand, optimism over the state of foreign language learning at universities is in short supply. Languages have taken a post-pandemic battering. In 2023 alone, New Zealand’s…

Gaza is still very much in the midst of war, yet discussion is turning to “the day after” the conflict – and who will govern the war-ravaged territory. The Biden administration has said that a full Israeli occupation of the Gaza…

Droughts like the one that has struck Spain are among the climate risks Europe faces. Europe could suffer "catastrophic" consequences from…

Synopsis The Confronting Hazards, Impacts and Risks for a Resilient Planet Program (CHIRRP) invites projects focusing on innovative and transformative research that advances Earth system…

Europe is the fastest warming continent in the world, and climate risks are threatening its energy and food security, ecosystems, infrastructure, water resources, financial stability, and people’s health. According to the European…

Australia, Canada and New Zealand share similar colonial stories. Historically, New Zealand has been the most interested of the three in thinking about how the universal human rights of equality, dignity and culture might gradually…

Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Artificial intelligence (AI) is widely heralded for its potential to enhance productivity in scientific…

Breakdown of each study arm. Credit: Scientific Reports (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-55105-6 A U.K. trial has found a DNA-tailored diet…

Housing is a critical social determinant of health. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines healthy housing as a shelter that supports physical, mental and social wellbeing. The WHO has developed guidelines outlining the…

Humid heat is a feature of daily life in the tropics. But for the ~1 billion outdoor workers in these regions, hot conditions can exact a significant toll on health and labor productivity. As climate change threatens to bring more…

Climate change is our planet’s most immediate existential threat, and will likely only worsen for the foreseeable future. Among its numerous adverse effects on human health, there is strong evidence linking climate change to…

By Peter Jarrett, Head of Division, Country Studies, OECD Economics Department Local housing markets are presently highly disparate in Canada. While in most smaller localities real estate prices are fairly stable and not out of line with…

A first-of-its-kind national data dashboard, the Heat-Related Illness EMS Activation Surveillance Dashboard (EMS HeatTracker), has been launched by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Climate Change and Health…

A few weeks ago, I wrote a column about my son, Adam, and me climbing Williams Mountain in western Maine. The trek occurred on the first day of winter and, as I described, we encountered strong winds and severe wind chills.…

Statement by the International Committee of the Red Cross - Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW) - Group of Governmental Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems - 4/8 March 2024, GenevaThe International Committee of the…