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When looking is dangerous: How solar radiation management research can harm

By Aaron Tang | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies

This is a section of the cover of a 1972 Bulletin magazine issue that focused on the impact humans have on the environment.

Tomorrow’s fossils: Experimental embryology and endangered animal species in 1972

By Robert T. Francoeur | Climate Change

Sue Solomon in Antarctica with penguins

Interview with Susan Solomon: The healing of the ozone hole, and what else we can learn from atmospheric near-misses

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Interviews

a climate protest outside the white house, people holding signs

There’s less need to convince people of a future climate doomsday. It’s already here.

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

a wildfire burns near a tree and a building

Why the world needs a fire department

By Douglas P. Fry | Climate Change

Dead before arrival: The governance of stratospheric aerosol injection

By Aaron Tang | Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies

ancient Egyptian wall relief

Did climate change help cause the Bronze Age to collapse?

By Kristoffer Tigue | Climate Change

1890s photo of Nikola Tesla in lab

Introduction: Why some renewable technologies will perish—and others succeed

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Special Topics

animal skull in desert, Jordan

Why will some promising renewables technologies enter a “Valley of Death,” from which they never emerge?

By Jeff Hecht | Climate Change, Special Topics

Renewable ammonia: the future of fuels?

By Douglas R. MacFarlane | Climate Change, Special Topics

Lost without you: The Bulletin’s best maps of 2022

By Erik English | Analysis, Biosecurity, Climate Change, Multimedia

demonstrators at cop27 hold sign that says pay up 4 loss and damage

The world just got serious about dealing with climate damage

By Taylor Dimsdale | Climate Change