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# December 2, 2016: Tornados are Swarming, Insurers Need a Cyber Catastrophe and Mapping Auckland's Volcanoes
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/december-2-2016-tornados-swarming-insurers-need-cyber-catastrophe-mapping-aucklands-volcanoes/
- Published: 2016-12-02T07:21:35.000Z
- Updated: 2016-12-02T07:21:35.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Tornado Swarms Are On the Rise—but Don’t Blame Climate Change](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-01/tornado-swarms-are-on-the-rise-but-don-t-blame-climate-change?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-01/tornado-swarms-are-on-the-rise-but-don-t-blame-climate-change?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Global warming isn’t in doubt, but scientists are stumped about increasingly violent storms.

### [Rhode Island Researchers Predict, Map Future Flooding](http://www.govtech.com/data/Rhode-Island-Researchers-Predict-Map-Future-Flooding.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Government Technology](http://www.govtech.com/data/Rhode-Island-Researchers-Predict-Map-Future-Flooding.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The maps are the product of what experts say is one of the most sophisticated models to project future damage from storm surges and sea level rise.

### [Global Warming Research in Danger as Trump Appoints Climate Skeptic to NASA Team](https://theintercept.com/2016/12/01/global-warming-research-in-danger-as-trump-appoints-climate-skeptic-to-nasa-team/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Intercept](https://theintercept.com/2016/12/01/global-warming-research-in-danger-as-trump-appoints-climate-skeptic-to-nasa-team/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Christopher Shank is unconvinced of a reality that is accepted by the vast majority of climate scientist.

### [How Auckland Volcanoes Could Erupt](http://insights.nzherald.co.nz/article/auckland-volcano-map?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [New Zealand Herald](http://insights.nzherald.co.nz/article/auckland-volcano-map?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The Auckland Volcanic Field is home to 52 volcanoes that have erupted in the last 250,000 years.

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [Insurers Grapple with Cyber-Attacks That Spill Over Into Physical Damage](http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21711086-only-cyber-calamity-will-reveal-how-ready-industry-insurers-grapple?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [The Economist ](http://www.economist.com/news/finance-and-economics/21711086-only-cyber-calamity-will-reveal-how-ready-industry-insurers-grapple?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Only a cyber-calamity will reveal how ready the industry is.

### [Two Sigma Unleashes 730,000 Data Scientists in Algo Contest](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-01/two-sigma-unleashes-730-000-data-scientists-in-algorithm-contest?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-01/two-sigma-unleashes-730-000-data-scientists-in-algorithm-contest?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Quants will have three months to create a predictive trading model from four gigabytes of financial data provided by Two Sigma.

### [Swiss Re Confirms Targets, to Focus on Differentiation](http://in.reuters.com/article/swiss-re-strategy-idINL8N1DX0IV?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Reuters](http://in.reuters.com/article/swiss-re-strategy-idINL8N1DX0IV?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

“We acknowledge significant challenges in some of our markets but we remain optimistic for our industry in the long term.”

### [What Real Climate Change Innovation Looks Like](http://www.inc.com/jason-allen-ashlock/what-real-climate-change-innovation-looks-like.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Inc.](http://www.inc.com/jason-allen-ashlock/what-real-climate-change-innovation-looks-like.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

One research + design company is rethinking how to build a climate-ready future–and how to pay for it, including insurance-linked securities