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Pollution is 'devastating' China's vital ecosystem, say researchers
The startling extent to which man-made pollution is devastating China's vital ecosystem's ability to...
New developments in the fight against antimicrobial resistance
Scientists have discovered a way to structurally modify vancomycin to make an already-powerful versi...
Heat island effect could double climate change costs for world's cities
Overheated cities face climate change costs at least twice as big as the rest of the world because o...
Atlas of the Human Planet 2017 – how exposed are we to natural hazards?
One out of three people in the world is exposed to earthquakes, a number that almost doubled in the ...
Educating firefighters on sleep health
Firefighters, who respond to emergency calls around the clock and frequently work 24-hour extended s...
Manchester Arena bomb attack
At 20:33 on May 22, 2017, a terrorist detonated an improvised explosive device containing shrapnel i...
Resilience and resource efficiency in cities
This report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) looks at the relationship between b...
Installing solar to combat national security risks in the power grid
Vulnerabilities in the power grid are one of the most prevalent national security threats. The techn...
New guidance supports integrated flood management
Floods are the most common natural disaster with the largest impacts on society. Official statistics...
Vulnerabilities of Europe’s economy to global water scarcity and drought
A new report by Water Footprint Network on the impacts that increasing water scarcity and drought ma...
Threats of cyberattack, natural disaster and supply chain failure – new country-by-country resilience rankings
New insights have emerged around three of the most pressing risks to business performance in the 21s...
Rudimentary Attacks Pose Greatest Risk to Midsized Organizations According to New Threat Report
eSentire SOC Analyzes Nearly 5 Million Attacks Across Hundreds of Midmarket Organizations in 2016 R...
CRJ 12:3 out now!
The next edition of the Crisis Response Journal is now published, here's a round-up of what's inside...
NASA's Fleet of Satellites Keep an Eye on Earth
No planet is better studied than the one we actually live on. NASA's fleet of 18 Earth science missi...
How night time lights seen from space could help disaster planning and response
Nasa scientists have released new global maps of Earth at night, providing the clearest yet composit...
Resilience Day
Did you know that April 26, 2017 is Resilience Day? As part of Responsible Business Week 2...
Storm-scanning satellites enter operations phase
Over the years, forecasters have improved hurricane path prediction significantly, but the ability t...
NASA examine's Peru's deadly rainfall
More than 80 people have been killed and 110,000 displaced by heavy rain-related incidents in Peru s...