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Some California homes too risky to insure against climate-induced wildfire

By | Analysis, Climate Change

One day after the Nagasaki bombing. Photo credit: Yosuke Yamahata.

No, Mr. Stephens, the United States doesn’t need more nuclear weapons

By Matt Korda | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Early adopters in confronting climate: cities

By Perry World House | Analysis, Climate Change

Millions of times later, 97 percent climate consensus still faces denial

By Dana Nuccitelli | Analysis, Climate Change

Teenage climate hunger striker: “People should be terrified”

By Emily Holden | Analysis, Climate Change

Calming the Persian Gulf: The experts on resolving the US-Iran standoff

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Genbaku Dome, Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Hiroshima, Nagasaki, and no first use

By Elaine Scarry, Zia Mian | Analysis, Hiroshima & Nagasaki, Nuclear Weapons

Credit: Pixabay via Wikimedia Commons. CC0.

Scientists, businesspeople, professional forecasters predict differing worlds of 2052

By Fred Phillips, Brendan Monks, Ulrich Betz | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies

A cow, licking it's own nose

New report: To limit climate change, food production must change dramatically

By Robin McKie | Analysis, Climate Change

Making the best of Europe’s dwindling options

By Oliver Meier | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

The INF Treaty is done, but lessons for policy remain

By John Woodworth | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

burning fire forest

Arctic fires: “You have to go to a different planet to find a more persistent type”

By Matt Simon | Analysis, Climate Change