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The author during his time as a firefighter

Climate change and the coronavirus are upending the way we fight wildfires

By Don Whittemore | Biosecurity, Climate Change, Opinion

Australia’s “firenadoes” summon images of Hiroshima, atomic bombs

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, Nuclear Risk, Nuclear Weapons

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The climate crisis explained, in 7 numbers

By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, Lydia O’Connor | Climate Change

Breeder reactors: A possible connection between metal corrosion and sodium leaks

By S. R. Pillai, M.V. Ramana | Uncategorized