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# April 11, 2016: New Data on Climate Change, Snoopy Sans Systemic and Drowning in the Tube
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/april-11-2016-new-data-climate-change-snoopy-sans-systemic-drowning-tube/
- Published: 2016-04-11T07:49:58.000Z
- Updated: 2016-04-11T07:49:58.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [This New Data Set is Poised to Revolutionize Climate Adaptation](http://www.vox.com/2016/4/11/11389550/drought-prediction-agriculture?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Vox](http://www.vox.com/2016/4/11/11389550/drought-prediction-agriculture?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

CHIRPS (short for “Climate Hazards Group InfraRedPrecipitation With Station data”), blends data from weather stations and weather satellites with extraordinary accuracy.

### [Powerful Earthquake Strikes Pakistan, India and Afghanistan](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/11/world/asia/earthquake-pakistan-india-afghanistan.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/11/world/asia/earthquake-pakistan-india-afghanistan.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The earthquake was centered 25 miles west of Ashkasham in a remote northeastern region of Afghanistan,

### [ICON Satellite to Explore Link Between Weather, Plasma at Space’s Edge](http://www.dailycal.org/2016/04/10/icon-satellite-explore-link-weather-plasma-spaces-edge/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Daily Californian](http://www.dailycal.org/2016/04/10/icon-satellite-explore-link-weather-plasma-spaces-edge/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The NASA satellite will study how weather conditions in the lower atmosphere drive changes in the ionosphere.

### [57 Tube Stations at High Risk of Flooding, Says London Underground Report](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/apr/10/57-tube-stations-high-risk-flooding-london-underground-report?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Guardian](http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/apr/10/57-tube-stations-high-risk-flooding-london-underground-report?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Busy stations including Waterloo, King’s Cross and London Bridge among the most threatened, unpublished review states

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Beazley and Munich Re Join Up in Cyber Insurance Push](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/16d4735c-fdab-11e5-b5f5-070dca6d0a0d.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz45VuDzrcx)

#### [FT (sub may be required)](http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/16d4735c-fdab-11e5-b5f5-070dca6d0a0d.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com#axzz45VuDzrcx)

The move comes despite growing concern that the industry could be on the hook for enormous costs in the event of large scale attacks.

### [Snoopy the Destroyer](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/11/opinion/snoopy-the-destroyer.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New York Times](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/11/opinion/snoopy-the-destroyer.html?%5Fr=0&ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Krugman argues that traditional financial regulation, which focuses on deposit-taking banks, is inadequate in the modern world.

### [Why Investing in Insurance in EM Makes Sense](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-04-11/why-investing-in-insurance-in-em-makes-sense?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg (video)](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2016-04-11/why-investing-in-insurance-in-em-makes-sense?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Leapfrog Investments Co- Founder Jim Roth discusses ethical investing in emerging markets

### [Was Flood Insurance a Mistake for Southern California Homeowners?](http://www.ocregister.com/articles/insurance-711616-ni241o-patzert.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Orange County Register](http://www.ocregister.com/articles/insurance-711616-ni241o-patzert.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The end is in sight for the rainy season, which typically runs through April and some are asking: Did all these insurance buyers make a monster mistake?