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Donald Trump

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Spreading like wildfire: How Trump’s misinformation about water and fire in Los Angeles inflames the situation

By Peter Gleick | Climate Change

Trump has a fighting chance to prevent Arctic meltdown. He should take it.

By Durwood J. Zaelke, Paul Bledsoe | Climate Change

The future of extraction, energy dominance, and federal lands under Trump

By Dustin Mulvaney | Climate Change

US farms are being battered by climate change. Trump wants to put a climate denier in charge of the USDA

By Georgina Gustin | Climate Change

A table for five: What to expect from each player at Ukraine peace talks

By Rose Gottemoeller | Nuclear Risk

ranian President Masoud Pezeshkian speaks during a visit to the shrine of the Islamic Republic's founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in Tehran on July 6, 2024. Pezeshkian, who advocates improved ties with the West, on July 6 won a runoff presidential election against ultraconservative Saeed Jalili, the interior ministry said. (Photo by ATTA KENARE / AFP via Getty Images)

Trump’s chance for a major breakthrough in Iran-West relations

By Seyed Hossein Mousavian | Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

Lysenko, Mbeki, and RFK Jr.: Leaders who shun science will face predictably bad results

By Georgios Pappas | Biosecurity

Biden allowing Ukraine to strike into Russia is much ado for little consequence

By Mariana Budjeryn | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

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What to expect from Trump’s second term: more erratic, darker, and more dangerous

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Risk

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Trump’s potential impact on emerging and disruptive technologies

By Sara Goudarzi | Disruptive Technologies

Mural artwork of Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump kissing on the side of a barbecue restaurant in Vilnius, Lithuania in May 2016. Photo by Cebas1

After Trump’s victory, a divided Europe braces for its security without the United States

By François Diaz-Maurin | Nuclear Weapons

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Experts: How RFK Jr. could undermine support for vaccines if Trump wins

By Matt Field | Biosecurity