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environmental impacts of war

Research ship and icebreaker in Arctic ice

The Ukraine war is affecting vital Arctic research

By Ed Struzik | Analysis

destroyed buildings in ukraine, two workers and a truck in foreground

A Green Deal for post-war Ukraine

By Anna Ackerman, Nataliya Andrusevych, Oleh Savyskyi | Climate Change, Opinion

a man crosses a destroyed bridge holding water bottles

Water as weapon, and casualty, in Russia’s war on Ukraine

By Peter Gleick | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

army soliders with a helicopter in the background

US Army plan to combat climate change lacks the fighting spirit

By Neta C. Crawford | Analysis, Climate Change

Grappling with environmental risks in the fog of war

By Kristina Hook, Richard “Drew” Marcantonio | Climate Change, Nuclear Risk

two men in front of destroyed building

Cluster bombs can harm Ukrainians long after the shelling has stopped

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change, Nuclear Risk