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US lower 48 temperature forecast July 14-20 2020

Coronavirus and climate change: How to deal with converging crises

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Columnists

Nuclear test time-lapse map

Trump apparently wants a nuclear test. It could be bad for your health.

By Sara Z. Kutchesfahani | Columnists, Nuclear Weapons

The departure hall of Terminal 7 at JFK airport on March 15 in New York City. Frustrated passengers complained of hours-long lines, crowded and unsanitary conditions and general disarray in the system for screening people for symptoms of the virus.(Photo by Johannes EISELE/AFP via Getty Images)

The Commissioned Corps was created to stop plagues at the US border. Why hasn’t it been used at airports during the pandemic?

By Laura H. Kahn | Biosecurity, Columnists

The Fairweather Mountains and Margerie Glacier at Glacier Bay National Park in Alaska

Heal the Earth: flatten other curves

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Columnists

White House press briefing on coronavirus

Coronavirus coverage: where the media have gone wrong

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Columnists

No, we don’t need a “Manhattan Project” to fight the coronavirus pandemic

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Columnists, Opinion

Trump visits the CDC

Coronavirus and climate change: 6 ways the Trump administration has botched responses to both

By Dawn Stover | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Columnists, Disruptive Technologies

Trump and Macron plant a tree

Climate change: Trump and Republicans pivot from denial to “optimism”

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion

Kim Jong Un, giving his plenary speech. Photo credit: KCNA

Will killing of Iran’s Soleimani influence North Korea’s “strategic weapon” plans?

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

People dance in Pyongyang on Dec. 24, 2019, the birthday of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's late grandmother, Kim Jong Suk. (Photo by Kyodo News via Getty Images)

No Christmas gift from North Korea? Not so fast.

By Duyeon Kim | Columnists, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

SUV shaming: I care about climate change, so why am I driving an SUV?

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion

Mandy Gunasekara, who founded a nonprofit to tout the Trump administration’s environmental gains, spoke to environmental journalists in Fort Collins, Colorado, on October 11. Credit: SEJ

Declining US greenhouse gas emissions: a Republican fairy tale

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion