Cybersecurity
Despite TikTok’s assertions that its U.S. data is inaccessible to the Chinese government, the mega-popular social media platform lurks as “an enemy sleeping in our backyard,” according to University of Miami data science specialists Dr. Yelena Yesha and Dr. Stephen Dennis. Read more “IDSC Experts Look at National Security and TikTok in Turmoil”
News
IDSC Deputy Director and Earth Systems Scientist Dr. Ben Kirtman recently spoke with WLRN radio regarding reduced carbon emissions. With workers and businesses around the planet suddenly shut down, scientists are getting an unexpected glimpse at a world with less carbon. NASA has already detected a drop in smog over central China, where the COVID-19 coronavirus first appeared. In the U.S., satellite imagery earlier this month also detected less of the nitrous oxide-rich smog in places like car-addicted Los Angeles. Nitrous oxide makes up about 6 percent of the planet’s greenhouse gases. Read more “COVID-19 Silver Lining: Lower Emissions”