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Analysis

A failure of governmental candor: The fire at the contaminated Santa Susana Field Laboratory

By Daniel Hirsch | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Green New Deal context, in words and numbers

By Kate Schimel | Analysis, Climate Change

The everyday cost of climate change, shown by a hot dog restaurant

By Emily Holden | Analysis, Climate Change

As the Colorado River runs dry: A five-part climate change story

By Jim Robbins, Photography by Ted Wood | Analysis, Climate Change

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photo by Alias 0591 CC BY 2.0.

Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula begins with a peace declaration

By David Kim | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Trump and Kim in Singapore 2018

Goals for any arms control proposal with North Korea

By John K. Warden, Ankit Panda | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear cooling tower

Why the Green New Deal may include nuclear power

By Nathanael Johnson | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

artist's conception Miami sea rise

Hard numbers help visualize climate change. And it’s not pretty.

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Credit: Matt Field. Based in part on photo by vergreen CC BY-SA 3.0.

The rise and demise of the Clinch River Breeder Reactor

By Henry Sokolski | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

intermediate range missile question marks illustration

Expert comment: The INF and the future of arms control

By John Mecklin | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, The INF Treaty and the Future of Arms Control

aerial trees after ice storm

Extremes of weather: One of the greatest symptoms of climate change

By Dan Spinelli | Analysis, Climate Change

eye of hurricane from space

Less-prepared for more extreme weather, due to shutdown

By Dan Spinelli | Analysis, Climate Change