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dead trees in desert

“Like writing the biography of a ghost”—Interview with Jeff Goodell, author of The Heat Will Kill You First

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change

Emily Atkin

Where climate journalism is now: Interview with Emily Atkin, the fire behind the Heated climate newsletter

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change

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

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

Bees together. Honeybees (Apis melifera) on wild fennel. Credit: Jack Wolf. CC BY-ND 2.0.

A taste of radioactive honey: The long-lived legacies of nuclear testing

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

Aerial photo of trailer park in Florida Keys

It’s always darkest before the dawn. Which could be true for climate change, too.

By John Morales | Climate Change, Opinion, Personal Essay

To win over communities of color, environmental groups need to show they’re trustworthy

By Eric Siegel | Analysis, Climate Change

The climate risks of China’s Belt and Road Initiative

By Sagatom Saha | Climate Change

industrial landscape, smoke, high tension wires

“We’re Number… 24.” US near back of pack among developed nations on environment

By Emily Holden | Climate Change

A religious nature: Philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr on Islam and the environment

By | Uncategorized

Elizabeth Kolbert: Covering the hot topic of climate change by going to the ends of the Earth

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, Interviews

Getting serious about the new realities of global climate change

By Jennifer A. Burney, Charles F. Kennel, David G. Victor | Uncategorized