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wood pellets burning, logs in background

Does wood bioenergy help or harm the climate?

By John Sterman, William Moomaw, Juliette N. Rooney-Varga, Lori Siegel | Analysis, Climate Change

Drax wood-fired power plant

Burning biomass: a Drax-tic idea, and bad for environmental justice

By Stefan Koester | Climate Change

A bee on a flower

Latest buzz: rare bees essential part of diverse, resilient ecosystems

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

Wheat. Credit: Rawpixel. CC0 1.0.

Global hunger crisis looms as war in Ukraine sends food prices soaring

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Risk

wind farm water

IPCC report calls for rapid, deep, and immediate emissions reductions

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

The science says that children experience better mental health outcomes when their caregivers talk with them about difficult subjects, including war and nuclear threats. Credit: Ben Wicks. Unsplash license. https://unsplash.com/photos/iDCtsz-INHI

How to talk to your kids about the war in Ukraine

By Susan D’Agostino | Analysis, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

The A1 Verse: Joe Manchin’s gift of gob

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Special Topics

Robert Socolow

Global collapse is in view

By Robert Socolow | Analysis, Climate Change, Nuclear Risk

PRESS RELEASE—At doom’s doorstep: It is 100 seconds to midnight

By | What’s New at the Bulletin

Climate change action is focus of Human/Nature art exhibition

By | Arts Science Initiative, Climate Change, What’s New at the Bulletin

DeepMind’s David Silver speaks to the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about games, beauty, and AI’s potential to avert human-made disasters. Photo provided by David Silver and used with permission.

DeepMind’s David Silver on games, beauty, and AI’s potential to avert human-made disasters

By Susan D’Agostino | Artificial Intelligence, Climate Change, Disruptive Technologies, Interviews, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

B-2 Stealth Bomber

Best of the 2021 Bulletin magazine

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change