To spur other countries to action, US needs to cut 50 percent of its carbon emissions by 2030.

The University of Chicago is attempting to position itself as the place for serious scientific consideration of the logistics and implications of Earth system interventions aimed at reversing or counteracting climate change.

No matter who wins Iran’s presidential elections, Tehran is keen to revive the nuclear agreement.

With Black people clearly on the front lines of the climate crisis, it would seem natural for Black voters in the 2020 election to view the environment as a top issue. But despite being a key part of a high-stakes election, they’re not hearing the issue articulated in a way that resonates.

Around the world, religious affiliation is on the rise. Here’s why that could hasten the fall of civilization.

Science has an ugly, complicated, dark side. And COVID-19 is letting it out.

After Israel's attack, the Iranian regime may see the actual weaponization of its nuclear program as the only option left that can guarantee its security.

The year now concluding was full of interesting and unpredictable news regarding nuclear weapons and their accoutrements; the year was, therefore, also continuously, enormously threatening to humanity.  

The Open Skies Treaty, which allowed participant countries to conduct unarmed aerial surveillance flights to promote military transparency, could be reinvigorated if it were reimagined. A new Open Skies agreement could deal not just with military-to-military confidence-building, but also with scientific exchange, emergency response cooperation, environmental monitoring, and other missions.

The final version of the Clean Power Plan doesn’t deliver what the US nuclear energy industry really needs: massive subsidy and protection from competition.

The idea of making a conscious decision to take a break from coronavirus measures—also known as a strategic treatment interruption, a “medication vacation,” or a drug holiday—rests on three assumptions, none of which are being met.

Sub-national governments are mobilized and innovative, but we need strong national and international policies to curb global carbon emissions. 

A wargame reveals how Israel and Iran could quickly consider using nuclear weapons if ever drawn into a direct conflict.

In a 20-minute video presentation, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu detailed what he said was an Israeli intelligence coup—a cache of 55,000 documents and 180-some CDs full of information from secret Iranian nuclear files. Actually, however, Netanyahu “showed very little that we haven’t already been told.”

What if we could see carbon pollution in the air and water? It might make a world of difference.

Nuclear war has virtually disappeared from Hollywood movies, just when films like The Day After are needed most.

As efforts to compensate victims of US nuclear weapons tests continue, a former Senate staffer and expert on the US nuclear program looks back at their harmful effects, and how the government addressed them—or didn't.

The real horrors of ‘The Last of Us’ may already be here By Erik English MARCH 16, 2023 EDITOR’S NOTE: This article contains spoilers for The Last of Us, Season 1, and The Last of Us Part I video game. Twenty-five minutes into the first episode of The Last of Us, Joel, his daughter Sarah, and his … Continued

Amid today's possible transformation from a US-centric global order to a multilateral one—as my good friend Gregory Kulacki has characterized it in this roundtable—nuclear disarmament is once again featuring high among the topics discussed by strategists, scientists, and policy makers. Kulacki calls on China to take a more active role in global efforts to abolish … Continued