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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

tree branch silhouette and human brain

Who recently changed their minds on climate change, and why

By Kate Yoder | Analysis, Climate Change

Protesters holding placards during the Sunrise Movement protest inside the office of Democratic US Rep. Nancy Pelosi. (Photo by Michael Brochstein/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Hundreds of environmental groups (but not some of the largest) list Green New Deal priorities

By Justine Calma | Analysis, Climate Change

Biological researcher He Jiankui (right) attends the Second International Summit on Human Genome Editing at the University of Hong Kong on November 28, 2018 in Hong Kong, China. Photo by Zhang Wei/China News Service/VCG via Getty Images.

Brave new world with Chinese characteristics

By Yangyang Cheng | Analysis, Biosecurity, Disruptive Technologies

The equivalent of one atomic bomb per second: How fast the oceans are warming

By Damian Carrington | Analysis

Graphic for Get Inside, Stay Inside, Stay Tuned

This is not a drill: Lessons from the false Hawaiian missile alert

By Kristyn Karl, Ashley Lytle | Analysis, Nuclear Risk

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photos by Joe Ravi CC SA-BY 3.0 and Morio CC SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons.

Do social media bots have a right to free speech?

By Matt Field | Analysis, Disruptive Technologies