by William Cahalin | Mar 11, 2019 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Public Health, Terrorism, Venezuela
Number has sharply increased: The number of heat waves affecting the planet’s oceans has increased sharply, scientists have revealed, killing swathes of sea-life like “wildfires that take out huge areas of forest.” The new research is the first systematic global...
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 | May 18, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Food Security, Food Technology, Public Health, Terrorism, The Future, Threat Intelligence
Some fear wine-making region is victim of its own success: A growing coalition of wine-industry veterans and longtime residents fear that California’s Napa Valley, famed for its vineyards and wineries, has become a victim of its own success, pointing to the...
by Jacqueline Kochak | May 15, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Cyber Security, Food Safety, Food Security, Humanitarian Crises, Public Health, Terrorism, Threat Intelligence
PUBLIC HEALTH Is the U.S. prepared? The World Health Organization has deployed 4,000 doses of vaccine along with emergency teams and equipment to the Democratic Republic of Congo to control an outbreak of Ebola, which is suspected to have infected 39 people,...
by Jacqueline Kochak | May 9, 2018 | Bobs Blog, Food Safety, Public Health, Weather Emergencies
E. coli outbreak highlights traceability problems: The romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak highlights problems with traceability in the American food chain. A plastic container or bag of mixed lettuce, for example, could contain lettuce from all over the country, with no...
