Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 13, 2020 Warmer than average sea surface temperatures in the tropical North Atlantic Ocean so far in 2020 have set the stage for an active hurricane season and elevated the risk of fires in the southern Amazon, according to scientists at NASA and the University of California, Irvine. Variations in ocean sea surface temperatures alter weather patterns around the world. In … Continue reading Conditions ripe for active Atlantic hurricane season, Amazon fires

Berlin, Germany (SPX) Jul 13, 2020 A research team from Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg (FAU) conducted the first study of area and elevation changes for all Alpine glaciers over a period of 14 years. This involved comparing three-dimensional terrain models obtained from the German radar satellite mission TanDEM-X and the German-US Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) between 2000 and 2014. The team combinedhttp://dlvr.it/RbSlx3 Continue reading First comprehensive documentation of glacial retreat in the Alps

Hong Kong (AFP) July 10, 2020 Hong Kong will close all schools after the territory reported a spike in locally transmitted coronavirus infections, the city’s education minister said Friday. The government has ordered all schools to close from Monday, bringing forward the start of the summer holidays, Kevin Yeung said, after the city recorded an “exponential growth” of locally transmitted cases in the past few … Continue reading Hong Kong to shut all schools after virus cases spike

Beijing (AFP) July 7, 2020 Beijing on Tuesday reported zero new coronavirus cases for the first time since the emergence of a cluster in the Chinese capital in June that prompted fears of a domestic second wave. A total of 335 people have been infected since a cluster emerged at the city’s massive Xinfadi wholesale market in early June. The news comes as millions of … Continue reading Beijing reports zero virus cases for first time since new outbreak

If you conducted e-commerce transactions since the pandemic struck, you have probably been the target, or even a victim, of online fraud. A report from Sift titled “Q2 2020 Digital Trust & Safety Index” details a 109 percent increase in content abuse and growth of the fraud economy from January through May 2020.http://dlvr.it/RbJQ9H Continue reading Digital Fraud Flourishing During Pandemic: Report

Oracle’s new offerings, really packaging of existing recent high-performance products for the enterprise market, enable companies to continue running their data and datacenters on premise while still benefitting from gains made by its autonomous database like eliminating most forms of routine maintenance and operations activities.http://dlvr.it/RbHNbZ Continue reading More Autonomous Cloud From Oracle

As a result of the severe business disruptions brought about in recent months by the pandemic, many businesses have been reconsidering how to retool their supply chain to build in more resiliency. From digitizing the supply chain to developing more local and regional components, businesses are finding new and innovative ways to strengthen their capacity to keep moving forward during crisis.http://dlvr.it/RbCTfV Continue reading Building Supply Chain Resilience During a Global Disruption

Washington DC (UPI) Jul 07, 2020 Many scientific studies have highlighted environmental harm caused by palm oil production, but new research suggests the production of coconut oil threatens more species per liter than other vegetable oils. The findings, published Monday in the journal Current Biology, highlight the challenges consumers face when trying to make conscientious purchasing decisions without sufficient inforhttp://dlvr.it/RbBwBp Continue reading Coconut oil may be worse than palm oil for the environment

Uber is looking to food delivery for rescue from falling revenues caused by people staying at home because of the pandemic, as gross bookings for Uber Rides have decreased by three percent year over year, the company noted in its Q1 2020 financial report. On July 6, Uber announced that it’s acquiring on-demand food delivery service PostMates for $2.65 billion. The deal is expected to … Continue reading Uber Eats Postmates for $2.6B, Bolsters Ground Game

With billions of dollars of federal contracts at stake, information technology providers are being swept up in the tide of a new U.S. Department of Defense information security requirement that will become mandatory for IT providers and other companies doing business with DoD. While IT companies already incorporate data protection elements in the products and services they provide to DoD, the department is raising the … Continue reading New DoD Security Regulations Have Ramifications for IT Contractors