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# December 8, 2015: A Flood of Bad News and After Ebola
- URL: https://www.riskmarketnews.com/december-8-2015-a-flood-of-bad-news-and-after-ebola/
- Published: 2015-12-08T07:10:26.000Z
- Updated: 2015-12-08T07:10:26.000Z
- Author: Chris Westfall

## Risk Science: What You Need to Read Today

### [Climate Change Brews Perfect Storm of Food Woes](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-brews-perfect-storm-of-food-woes/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Scientific American](http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/climate-change-brews-perfect-storm-of-food-woes/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Farming will be hard hit by global warming but could also help reduce greenhouse gases.

### [Disease Specialists Identify Post-Ebola Threats](http://www.nature.com/news/disease-specialists-identify-post-ebola-threats-1.18952?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Nature](http://www.nature.com/news/disease-specialists-identify-post-ebola-threats-1.18952?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Scientists to assemble a rogues’ gallery of viruses likely to spark the next international public-health crisis.

### [First Code Improvements Adopted Based on NIST Joplin Tornado Study](http://phys.org/news/2015-12-code-based-nist-joplin-tornado.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Phys.org](http://phys.org/news/2015-12-code-based-nist-joplin-tornado.html?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

New changes approved at a recent meeting of the International Code Council (ICC) apply to the nation’s most tornado-prone regions.

### [Putting the Science in Science Policy](http://news.mit.edu/2015/putting-science-in-science-policy-1207?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [MIT News](http://news.mit.edu/2015/putting-science-in-science-policy-1207?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Faculty and students from the Program in Atmospheres, Oceans, and Climate visited our nation’s capital to build relationships with policymakers on both sides of the aisle

## Risk Business: What You Need to Read Today

### [British Insurers Rethink Models After Repeat of 100-year Floods](http://www.reuters.com/article/britain-floods-insurance-idUSL8N13W2U320151207?ref=riskmarketnews.com#YHoXt5AfEX7Istl0.97)

#### [Reuters](http://www.reuters.com/article/britain-floods-insurance-idUSL8N13W2U320151207?ref=riskmarketnews.com#YHoXt5AfEX7Istl0.97)

Insurers in Britain have been adjusting their forecasting models to cope with more frequent floods.

### [AIG Sees India Claims Rising to Decade-High on Worst Floods](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-07/aig-sees-claims-in-india-rising-to-decade-high-on-worst-floods?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Bloomberg](http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-12-07/aig-sees-claims-in-india-rising-to-decade-high-on-worst-floods?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Eight U.S. web giants have joined hands to start a public campaign for new lion how governments collect user information amid concerns of growing online surveillance.

### [Storm Desmond’s Floods Could Cost Insurers Between £175m and £250m](http://www.cityam.com/230377/audit-giant-pwc-says-storm-desmond-has-highlighted-how-the-uk-needs-to-invest-in-flood-defences-and-insurance-mechanisms-such-as-flood-re?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [City AM](http://www.cityam.com/230377/audit-giant-pwc-says-storm-desmond-has-highlighted-how-the-uk-needs-to-invest-in-flood-defences-and-insurance-mechanisms-such-as-flood-re?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

Based on its analysis of the costs of the previous floods, PwC also estimated today that the total economic costs would be £400m to £450m.

### [How Keurig Green Mountain Burned David Einhorn Again](http://fortune.com/2015/12/07/keurig-green-mountain-david-einhorn/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

#### [Fortune](http://fortune.com/2015/12/07/keurig-green-mountain-david-einhorn/?ref=riskmarketnews.com)

The second time wasn’t a charm for the short-seller after all.