by Jacqueline Kochak | Jan 11, 2019 | Bobs Blog, China, Cyber Security, Emergency Response
Insured losses totaled more than $12 billion: Damage from the Camp Fire was the costliest disaster in the world last year, topping out at $12.5 billion in insured losses, according to a new report by global reinsurance firm Munich RE. The Germany-based company said it...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Dec 6, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, The Future, Threat Intelligence
They could eventually impact world economy: The situation in France bears close attention. Fuel tax rises which have led to weeks of violent protests in France have now been postponed for six months, but new data just in shows that in 2017 France became the most...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Nov 14, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Just Interesting, Public Health, Terrorism, Weather Emergencies
Climate contrarian uncovers math error: Researchers with University of California-San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Princeton University recently walked back scientific findings published last month that showed oceans heating up much faster than...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Sep 4, 2018 | Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Emergency Response, Food Safety, Food Security, Tariffs, The Future, Water Safety
Editing our food’s DNA: A researcher with the biotech firm Calyxt is working the controls of a boxy robot that whirs like an arcade claw machine, dropping blips of DNA into tubes with pipettes. It’s building an enzyme that rewrites DNA — and transforming food...
by Jacqueline Kochak | Aug 8, 2018 | Animal Feed Safety, Animal Health, Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Tariffs, Terrorism, The Future, Threat Intelligence
Modern farming practices are to blame: You can’t avoid the zombie apocalypse in popular culture. But you may not have heard about the real one going on right beneath your feet: A worm apocalypse has been transforming farmland around the world. Why should you...
