A United Nations University report today finds that drastic changes are approaching if risks to our fundamental socioecological systems are not addressed. The Interconnected Disaster Risks Report 2023 published by the United Nations University — Institute for Environment and Human Security (UNU-EHS) warns of six risk tipping points ahead of […]
A widely sold ice cream product has been recalled after being linked to a Listeria outbreak that has hospitalized two people in the Northeast. On Thursday (Aug. 10), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned that one person in New York and one in Pennsylvania had been hospitalized […]
Current efforts to protect and restore native biodiversity is being threatened by difficulties in identifying wild and domestic cats, and categorisation is likely to remain fraught for the foreseeable future, experts have warned. Efforts to restore the native wildcat (Felis sivestris) are ongoing in Britain and conservationists in New Zealand […]
Addressing the “tough” animation industry climate, the nonprofit organization Women in Animation is launching a series of programs dubbed “Animating Resilience: Surviving and Thriving in an Uncertain Industry,” which will include adaptation and success strategies as well as those aimed at well being. WIA is also expanding its online career […]
The cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis) can spread the bacterial disease typhus to humans. Typhus spread by infected fleas is on the rise in L.A. County. According to a new Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, published Friday (Aug. 4) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), L.A. County’s annual […]
Current CO2 levels are already causing losses in biodiversity, the study says. Within a human lifetime, concentrations of CO2 in Earth’s atmosphere could reach levels associated with 19 « mass extinctions » that have taken place in the last 534 million years, new research suggests. By 2100, atmospheric carbon dioxide levels could […]
Printer manufacturer Canon is warning that sensitive Wi-Fi settings don’t automatically get wiped during resets, so customers should manually delete them before selling, discarding, or getting them repaired to prevent the settings from falling into the wrong hands. “Sensitive information on the Wi-Fi connection settings stored in the memories of […]
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Tony Ferguson is a hunter and likes to track bears. That’s why “El Cucuy” is walking around Salt Lake City with a concealed weapon. I guess you never know when a black bear is going to ambush you in the hotel sauna so yeah … better safe than sorry. To […]
When interviewed, most people who were sick with Salmonella said they’d eaten ground beef from the Northeast supermarket chain ShopRite. A multistate outbreak of Salmonella linked to ground beef has infected 16 people, and of those affected, six have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention […]
Twitter’s new owner and CEO, Elon Musk, has wasted little time putting his stamp on the influential social network. Immediately after Musk bought Twitter on Oct. 27, the billionaire began making significant changes that include firing top executives and laying off half the staff. Twitter’s saga with Musk was chaotic even before […]
