Few Small Businesses Feel the Need to Prepare for Climate Change April 14, 2016 By Don Jergler Constant reminders in the media over threats of rising sea levels, more frequent storms, or the promise of blistering droughts...
Scientist Closer to Making Climate Modeling More Accurate March 3, 2016 By Don Jergler A University of Wisconsin professor believes she’s come up with a way to remove some of the uncertainty in modeling,...
Thawing Arctic Ice Creates New Environmental Risks as Shipping Routes Open February 25, 2016 By Jonathan Saul and Nina Chestney The Arctic is thawing even faster than lawmakers can formulate new rules to prevent the environmental threat of heavy fuel...
‘Weird & Wacky’ Methods to Absorb Global Warming Pollution Viewed Too Risky February 11, 2016 By Anna Hirtenstein Some of the most dramatic measures to suck global warming pollution out of the atmosphere are probably too risky to...
Climate Change May Have Fueled Mosquito-Born Zika Outbreak: Scientists February 9, 2016 By Joe Ryan and Jessica Shankleman Climate change may have fueled the outbreak of the mosquito-born Zika virus in Latin American and make it harder for...
Supply Chains Thwart Climate Risk Management for 75 Major Companies: Report January 26, 2016 By Jessica Shankleman Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Coca-Cola Co. and 73 other companies that together buy more than $2 trillion of goods and...
Gene Creating Antibiotic-Resistant Superbug Detected in at Least 19 Countries January 25, 2016 By John Tozzi Just two months ago, researchers in China identified a gene that can make bacteria resistant to a last-resort antibiotic called...
Climate Change, Migration Top List of Global Risks: WEF Survey January 14, 2016 By Thomas Penny Climate change and large-scale forced migration are the greatest risks facing the world according to a survey by the World...
Insured Nat Cat Losses 31% Below Average During 2015: Aon Benfield Report January 14, 2016 Global natural disasters in 2015 caused a combined total insured loss of $35 billion – 31 percent below the 15-year...
Reinsurance Group Head Puts Science in Climate Change Discussion January 7, 2016 By Don Jergler Asked for his thoughts on climate change, Frank Nutter expeditiously turned to science. His sphere of influence is far-ranging as...