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.natlawreview.com/article/covid-19-asia-pacific-renaissance-supply-chainThis is the second in our series on supply chains and customs risks and compliance. As mentioned in the earlier alert, there are signs that China has begun export activities, although no one seems to know to what extent the “factory of the world” is functioning.Tue, 12 May 2020 15:12:00 +0200natlawreview-3fec3d4d865ee125df5e93a562ba4cb9natlawreviewen35.2086 110.727CoronavirusInfectionNaturalDisastersScientificStrategyPublicHealthNassim Nicholas TalebSupply Chain20200512151200https://grapevine.is/news/2020/05/05/alarmingly-high-levels-of-glacier-decline-recorded-in-iceland-last-year/Last year was one of the worst on record for glacial decline in Iceland according to the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Warm, sunny weather caused Iceland’s glacier mass to fall by approximately 1.5m of water, which is the “highest [change in mass balance] ever measured” according to a study....Tue, 05 May 2020 15:35:00 +0200grapevine-aa0c796218727f6633b24232288bfd77grapevineenNaturalDisastersFloodingClimateChange20200505153500https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/11445147/what-is-sage-government/SAGE is the UK's top advisory team of elite experts who step in to inform British leadership when making decisions. But who are they exactly and what are they doing about coronavirus? Chief Medical Officer for England Chris Whitty (right) and Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Patrick Vallance (left)....Tue, 21 Apr 2020 19:26:00 +0200thesun-19f688a5af5268fd498ed5bf9f75e44ethesunen27.712 85.313CommunicableDiseasesNuclearDecommissioningPublicHealthNaturalDisastersCoronavirusInfectionNeil FergusonDowning StreetPeter OpenshawRobert DingwallMedical Research CouncilPress AssociationPeter HorbyNHSUniversity of OxfordJohn EdmundsPublic Health EnglandNottingham UniversityPatrick VallanceWendy BarclayThe SunAndrew HaywardIan BrownChris Whitty20200421192600https://grapevine.is/news/2020/04/15/8000-tremors-in-reykjanes-since-january/Some 8,000 tremors have been measured on the Reykjanes peninsula since January, the Icelandic Met Office reports. While the vast majority of these have been relatively small, it is very likely that there is now a new magma intrusion in the area. Last January, seismic activity in southwest Iceland....Thu, 16 Apr 2020 04:21:00 +0200grapevine-f4eacd8ad64d94148c2d2c68b8195290grapevineenNaturalDisasters20200416042100https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1267788/volcano-eruption-today-indonesia-Krakatoa-erupts-iceland-volcanoactivity is on the rise in some parts of the world. Indonesia’s Krakatoa, also known as Krakatau, erupted once again on Friday, April 10, with residents reporting they could hear the rumbles from miles around. Center for Volcanology and Geological Disaster Mitigation (PVMB) recorded two eruptions at the site, once at 9.Wed, 15 Apr 2020 04:51:00 +0200express-09e6834c0ba3fa63856e3a4f2ebb6bb8expressen-6.18287 106.829NaturalDisastersCommunicableDiseasesCoronavirusInfectionNASA20200415045100https://www.lemonde.fr/sciences/article/2020/04/16/ma-maison-au-pied-du-volcan-un-seisme-intime_6036749_1650684.htmlArticle réservé aux abonnés Bolstao en islandais signifie « habitat ». Tel est le nom de la maison de bois où a grandi l’anthropologue Gisli Palsson, sur l’île d’Heimaey, dans l’archipel des îles Vestmann, au sud de l’Islande. Et, en 1973, Bolstao fut engloutie sous la lave à la suite de l’éruption du volcan Eldfell.Thu, 16 Apr 2020 07:01:00 +0200LeMonde-415701be945823647700ee93e32e18ceLeMondefr'My house foot-operated of volcano’: an intimate earthquake'My house foot-operated of volcano’: an intimate earthquakeCoronavirusInfectionNaturalDisasters20200416070100https://www.eluniversal.com.mx/destinos/que-es-un-geiser-y-cual-es-el-mas-impresionante-del-mundoImagina que vas explorando tranquilamente en un parque natural, digamos Yellowstone , en Wyoming (EEUU); o tal vez alguno de Islandia; o Nueva Zelanda. De repente, el terreno por el que vas pasando se vuelve rocoso e irregular, y empiezas a ver algo parecido a minivolcanes a tu alrededor: montoncitos de color blanco y amarillo.Thu, 16 Apr 2020 08:15:00 +0200eluniversal-MX-d97bb41492636427cd7e2518391cb2c7eluniversal-MXes-41.3348 174.807What is a géiser and what is the most impressive in the worldWhat is a géiser and what is the most impressive in the worldNaturalDisastersEU-PacificParque NacionalErin WhiteEUScientific American20200416081500https://researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-politics-2020-5-from-the-archive-mps-criticised-sage-secrecy-back-in-2011/But the concerns are not new. They go back to 2011 when a report by the House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee entitled “Too little, too late” found that the workings of the group were “unnecessarily secretive” and that it didn’t interact enough with the wider scientific community.Mon, 18 May 2020 15:14:00 +0200researchresearch-0d862e8105bce7f603dc0b93973eadb3researchresearchen64.99060768658 -18.593991539543ESASwineFluNaturalDisastersUK governmentAndrew MillerCabinet OfficeEuropean Space AgencyGreg Clark20200518151400