The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), which is a part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), recently published the final update to its “2023 Billion-Dollar Weather and Climate Disasters” report, highlighting a record-breaking year in the number of costly weather and climate disasters that impacted areas throughout the country.
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Natural Hazards/Climate Change
Both the Washington Post and AP News have written articles discussing a new study by researches from Dartmouth College that finds the Northern Hemisphere is soon approaching a “snow loss cliff,” or a set of conditions where the snowpack associated with many river basins will experience rapid declines.
CISA recently published the “Personal Security Considerations Action Guide: Critical Infrastructure Workers,” to help critical infrastructure workers assess their security posture and provide options to consider whether they are on or off the job. This guide provides actionable recommendations and resources intended to prevent and mitigate threats to a critical infrastructure worker’s personal safety.
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Natural Hazards/Climate Change
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) has posted a blog discussing a recently released study which found that current climate models are significantly underestimating how much global warming intensifies extreme rainfall events.
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Natural Hazards/Climate Change
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Natural Hazards/Climate Change
Two new resources, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and Yale Climate Connections, highlight some of the most significant natural disasters and unusual weather phenomena of 2023.
The following posts are useful for general awareness of current physical security threats, natural disaster resilience, preparedness resources, mitigation guidance, and other security-related news or updates. These resources have been curated by the WaterISAC analyst team as items of broad relevance and benefit that do not need supplemental analysis at this time.
Natural Hazards/Climate Change
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