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European city with rooftop garden

What do we really know about urban agriculture’s impact on people, places, and the planet?

By Agnès Fargue-Lelièvre, Jason K. Hawes, Benjamin Goldstein, Lidia Poniży, Erica Dorr | Climate Change, Special Topics

climate protests COP28

We cannot afford another lost year for food and climate action

By Emile Frison | Climate Change, Special Topics

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One problem for renewables: Not enough rare earths. One solution: recycling. But there’s a hitch.

By Maddie Stone | Climate Change, Special Topics

crater left over from underground nuclear test

Environmental impacts of underground nuclear weapons testing

By Sulgiye Park, Rodney C. Ewing | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

January issue: What you can do to turn back the Clock

By Dan Drollette Jr | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Interview: California Congressman Ted Lieu on what you can do about existential threats

By John Mecklin | Nuclear Risk, Opinion, Special Topics

Introduction: What you can do to turn back the hands of the Doomsday Clock

By Dan Drollette Jr | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

Interview with Sneha Revanur, “the Greta Thunberg of AI”

By Dan Drollette Jr | Special Topics

How my Gen Z students learned to start worrying and dismantle the Bomb

By Frida Berrigan | Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

missile spiraling out of control during test

The six best Bulletin magazine articles of 2023

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Nuclear Weapons, Special Topics

The people of Gaza need a water ceasefire

By Reem Abu Shomar, Mark Zeitoun | Climate Change, Special Topics

The House passed a $14.3 billion aid package for Israel, 226-196, on November 2.

Emergency aid to Israel needs scrutiny

By Victor Gilinsky | Opinion, Special Topics