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Opinion

sunrise over clouds

Geoengineering is no climate fix. But calling it a moral hazard could be counterproductive

By Soheil Shayegh | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Opinion

Doctor examining Marshallese infant

The human cost of nuclear weapons is not only a “feminine” concern

By Lilly Adams | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

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

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Columnists, Opinion

Soldier donning a gas mask.

The Biological Weapons Convention protocol should be revisited

By Lynn Klotz | Biosecurity, Opinion

power plant and digital code

Lessons from the cyberattack on India’s largest nuclear power plant

By Alexander Campbell, Vickram Singh | Opinion

Workers stacking bags of soil.

An update from Fukushima, and the challenges that remain there

By Tatsujiro Suzuki | Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Members of the press visit the Arak reactor.

Members of US Congress refuse to benefit from the Iran nuclear deal

By John Krzyzaniak | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

Wildfires and climate change

By Richard C. J. Somerville | Climate Change, 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

Donald Trump meets Kim Jong-un at the Korean Demilitarized Zone

Don’t be surprised when South Korea wants nuclear weapons

By Byong-Chul Lee | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

US Open Skies aircraft approaches a refueling aircraft

The Open Skies Treaty may be the next victim in a spiraling arms control extinction

By Lawrence J. Korb | Nuclear Risk, Opinion

John Kerry at 2015 NPT Review Conference

No, it is not time to ditch the NPT

By Adam M. Scheinman | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion