Supply chain resilienceHybrid Cars Twice as Vulnerable to Supply Chain Disruptions as Gas-Powered Cars Published 4 August 2021 The global computer chip shortage has hit car manufacturers especially hard, indicating the importance of supply chain resilience. But hybrid and electric cars contain many other scarce elements and materials, making them more vulnerable to supply chain

WildfiresDHS S&T Selects Two Industry Partners for Second Phase Wildland Fire Sensor Research Published 4 August 2021 DHS S&T selected two industry partners for the second phase of research on wildland fire sensor. The first phase research was conducted in June 2021, and the next phase of the program will focus on hardening the sensors

WildfiresHow Years of Fighting Every Wildfire Helped Fuel the Western Megafires of Today By Susan J. Prichard, Keala Hagmann, and Paul Hessburg Published 4 August 2021 Why are wildfires getting worse? Climate change is a big part of it. But, ironically, a chronic lack of fire in Western landscapes also contributes to increased fire severity

Water securityWarming to Affect Water availability for Hydropower, Public Water Supply in Wales Published 4 August 2021 New research shows that as the temperature increases, water supplies in Wales dwindle, leading to shortages for both the hydropower industry and public water consumptions. As the temperature rises, more water will have to be released from reservoirs

IranU.K. Top General: Western Powers Must Retaliate for Iran’s Drone Strike on Oil Tanker By Jamie Dettmer Published 4 August 2021 General Nick Carter, chief of the British Defense Staff, said Western powers need to retaliate for an Iranian drone strike on an oil tanker, which killed a British security guard and the ship’s Romanian captain.

ARGUMENT: Water systems securityWater Systems Vulnerable to Cyberthreats Published 4 August 2021 In February, a hacker tried to manipulate the water utility’s computers in Oldsmar, Fla. so that the level of lye in the water would be raised. Joel Griffin writes that “had the perpetrator not been caught…. this cyber-attack could have resulted in actual

Water securityWarming to Affect Water availability for Hydropower, Public Water Supply in Wales Published 4 August 2021 New research shows that as the temperature increases, water supplies in Wales dwindle, leading to shortages for both the hydropower industry and public water consumptions. As the temperature rises, more water will have to be released from reservoirs

Supply chain resilienceHybrid Cars Twice as Vulnerable to Supply Chain Disruptions as Gas-Powered Cars Published 4 August 2021 The global computer chip shortage has hit car manufacturers especially hard, indicating the importance of supply chain resilience. But hybrid and electric cars contain many other scarce elements and materials, making them more vulnerable to supply chain

WildfiresHow Years of Fighting Every Wildfire Helped Fuel the Western Megafires of Today By Susan J. Prichard, Keala Hagmann, and Paul Hessburg Published 4 August 2021 Why are wildfires getting worse? Climate change is a big part of it. But, ironically, a chronic lack of fire in Western landscapes also contributes to increased fire severity

ARGUMENT: Cyber workforceU.S. Gov. Facing a Severe Cyber Workers Shortage When They Are Needed the Most Published 3 August 2021 The U.S. government is struggling to find and hire cybersecurity workers precisely at the time it needs such workers most in order to protect the government and its cyber systems from an unprecedented, and ever-more-menacing,