168110 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://www.stuff.co.nz/environment/climate-news/119990824/extreme-rain-why-everyones-home-insurance-could-cost-moreThe increase in extremes means insurance premiums may rise because of a projected 25 per cent hike in weather damage payouts from the Earthquake Commission (EQC) by 2100. Those increased payouts may drive up the annual levy that homeowners pay through their insurance policies.Wed, 04 Mar 2020 01:29:00 +0100Stuff-43e007e8c1df4a1c6ae887269b19646520200304012900https://phys.org/news/2020-03-machine-hidden-vibrations-earthquake.htmlOver the last century, scientists have developed methods to map the structures within the Earth's crust, in order to identify resources such as oil reserves, geothermal sources, and, more recently, reservoirs where excess carbon dioxide could potentially be sequestered.Tue, 03 Mar 2020 22:08:00 +0100phys-987b5a20d547f1f1cc6ce2dac64c336020200303220800https://www.hpcwire.com/off-the-wire/fujitsus-new-supercomputer-system-for-japans-meteorological-research-institute-commences-operations/A part of the built system. Image courtesy of Fujitsu. The new system consists of approximately 900 nodes including the latest x86 servers Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY CX2550 M5. Also, by constructing a cluster by connecting servers with a high-speed interconnect Intel Omni-Path Architecture, the system....Tue, 03 Mar 2020 19:44:00 +0100hpcwire-f08a080ee8be4b71e57ef54d8e36336520200303194400https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/03/03/map-earthquake-in-hills-between-pinnacles-and-interstate-5/A magnitude 3.9 earthquake was recorded Tuesday morning between Pinnacles National Park and Interstate 5. The quake struck at 7:07 a.m. It was centered on the Fresno/San Benito county line in the Ciervo Hills, 10 miles west of I-5 near Mendota. The magnitude was adjusted from an initial estimate of 4.Tue, 03 Mar 2020 17:22:00 +0100mercurynews-fbe65fd7c517ef4f55522fd62155e00420200303172200