Antarctica is home to the largest ice sheet on Earth. More than six times as large as Greenland, Antarctica is the southernmost continent and is the coldest and windiest place on Earth – with temperatures that can drop as low as -89.2°C and winds that can exceed 320 km per hour. Antarctica is home to the largest ice sheet on Earth, containing a staggering 30 million cubic kilometres of ice. This represents an incredible 70% of Earth’s freshwater and 90% of its ice. As a result, changes to the Antarctic ice sheet can have significant implications for global sea levels and ocean currents. Monitoring the Antarctic ice sheet is therefore of paramount importance and satellite data plays a crucial role in this effort. Data from satellites such as CryoSat, ESA’s ice mission, allow scientists to track changes in the thickness and movement of the ice sheet over time, providing insights into how it is responding to a changing climate. ESA has recently teamed up with NASA and the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) to carry out an ambitious campaign in Antarctica which involved taking simultaneous measurements of sea ice from ESA’s CryoSat and NASA’s ICESat-2 satellites. This research is essential for informing policy decisions on issues such as climate change and sea level rise, and for developing strategies to mitigate their impact on coastal communities around the world.
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The US is the Most Prepared Country for Cybercrime. While companies globally report ransomware attacks affecting their businesses, firms in the United States are increasingly ready. These companies have 47% of cyber-resilience strategies implemented.
White Hat Hackers Earning Significant Incomes (HackerOne): According to HackerOne, not all hackers are necessarily criminals. White hat hackers, the people responsible for checking the quality of security and data protection strategies for businesses, are helping companies reduce their risk status. The white hat hackers working within HackerOne in 2019 earned around $40 million in bounties. Even more impressive, there were around 6 hackers on the platform who earned more than $1 million in lifetime earnings by attempting to hack companies.
46% of organisations received malware via email in 2020 (Verizon): Hacking strategies can take place in a range of environments. According to Verizon’s annual data breach investigation, around 46% of organisations received malware intended to give hackers access to their servers through email. 96% of social actions were also delivered by email, whereas only 3% were delivered through a website.
Almost All Smartphone Users Take Advantage of AI Voice Assistants: According to a study by Creative Strategies, 96 per cent of Android consumers and 98 per cent of iPhone consumers use Google and Apple’s AI-based digital assistants – ‘OK Google’ and ‘Siri’. The study further highlights that 51 per cent of consumers use digital assistants in cars, 39 per cent in homes, 6 per cent in public places, and 1.3 per cent at work.