Prominent international experts are warning that a virulent flu pandemic capable of spreading across the world in 36 hours, killing up to 80 million people, is entirely plausible and efforts by governments to prepare for it are “grossly insufficient.” The Guardian reports: The first annual report by the Global Preparedness Monitoring Board, an independent group of 15 experts convened by the…
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Building climate change defences could massively boost world economy
Adapting to climate change could boos the world economy by trillions of dollars, says a report backed by Ban Ki-Moon, Bill Gates and the head of the World Bank Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2215576-building-climate-change-defences-could-massively-boost-world-economy/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…
Imperial Research Teaching Fellow Helps Create “Alarm System” For Dengue Outbreaks
Dengue is the fastest-spreading mosquito-borne viral illness in the world, and has become a leading cause of morbidity in many tropical and subtropical regions – including outbreaks in recent years in Mexico, Brazil, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, and other Latin American countries. The direct impact of these outbreaks is exacerbated by the stress they place […]
The post Imperial Research Teaching Fellow…
Lake Baikal: Earth’s deepest, oldest lake
Lake Baikal in southern Siberia is 25 million years old and more than 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) deep. More than 2,500 plant and animal species have been documented in the lake, most found nowhere else. Controversy surrounds construction of hydropower stations on a river that feeds the lake. Source: https://earthsky.org/earth/what-is-the-worlds-deepest-lake…
This book ranks the top 100 solutions to climate change. The results are surprising.
Source: https://www.vox.com/energy-and-environment/2017/5/10/15589038/top-100-solutions-climate-change-ranked…
A comedian just became Ukraine’s next president
Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/21/18507822/volodymyr-zelensky-ukraine-president-comedian…
Ukraine’s next president may be a comedian who played the president on TV
Source: https://www.vox.com/2019/4/19/18411931/ukraine-election-zelensky-comedian-poroshenko…
David Malpass, Trump’s Pick to Lead World Bank, Is Approved
Mr. Malpass, a Wall Street veteran and a Treasury official, is a longtime critic of the international agency’s lending practices and business model. Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/05/business/david-malpass-world-bank.html?partner=rss&emc=rss