Risk and uncertainty

Threats that cause supply chains and other networks to break down can cascade through today’s interconnected world of social, economic and financial...

This month, the University of Cambridge will be profiling research that addresses risk and uncertainty. To begin, Professor David Spiegelhalter...

Tsunamis are caused by earthquakes under the seabed. Some tsunamis – including the disaster that hit Japan last year – are unexpectedly large...

The first images of an upward surge of the Sun’s gases into quiescent coronal loops have been identified by an international team of scientists. The...

The first systematic study of the cost of cybercrime recommends that society should spend less on antivirus software and more on policing the...

Imagine the perfect storm. A series of severe volcanic eruptions engulf the globe, spewing ash and sulphur into the atmosphere, causing widespread...

A new study aims to be the biggest study of risk perception ever undertaken.

Using satellite imagery, researchers have developed the first systematic approach for tracking the recovery of regions stricken by natural disaster...