Risk Prediction Initiative
Branson to speak to ocean summit attendees
The summit is sponsored by XL Catlin, in partnership with organisations including Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Ocean Unite.
Read MoreReducing Risk from a Changing Ocean
BIOS to participate in international summit this May
Read MoreNorton provides science edge for XL Catlin
Fielding Norton, the new group chief enterprise risk officer at XL Catlin, has an extensive background in Earth and planetary science, and that has proven useful in his insurance industry career. Mr Norton joined the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences in 1995 as it set up the Risk Prediction Initiative, a science and business partnership.
Read MoreThe Multidisciplinary Nature of Risk Prediction
Three summer interns from different academic backgrounds contribute to BIOS research
Read MoreBIOS Researcher Recognized for Meteorology Work
Mark Guishard, who heads the Risk Prediction Initiative at BIOS, was elected in June as a Fellow of the Royal Meteorological Society.
Read MoreNew Program Investigates Bermuda’s Disaster Risk
“BermudaRisk” answers questions about tsunamis, hurricanes, and other natural threats
Last year, the Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI) of BIOS expanded to include a locally-focused program called BermudaRisk.
Hurricane Risk Research to Focus on Bermuda
Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI) Member companies and local sponsors have agreed to fund a project to reconstruct a pre-historical record of hurricanes in Bermuda, using information gained from examinations of sediments deposited by hurricane storm surges and waves in two island water bodies, Spittal Pond and Mangrove Lake
Read MoreMonster Hurricanes Reached U.S. During Prehistoric Periods of Ocean Warming
Research on coastal sediments, funded in part by BIOS’s Risk Prediction Initiative, shows that prehistoric hurricanes along the northern East Coast of the United States were likely more frequent and intense than those that have hit within recorded history
Read MoreGeneva Association Issues New Report on Ocean Warming and its Implications for the Insurance Industry
by: The Geneva Association
The Risk Prediction Initiative at BIOS leads science behind new report from The Geneva Association on (re)insurance, risk, & climate change
Familiar Face at Bermuda Weather Service Joins RPI2.0
Adding to its already-distinguished staff, the Risk Prediction Initiative (RPI2.0) recently welcomed Dr. Mark Guishard as its new Science Program Manager
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