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B-2 Stealth Bomber

Best of the 2021 Bulletin magazine

By Dan Drollette Jr | Analysis, Climate Change

Large tree trunk and trees in snow

O redwood tree, o redwood tree, can tree genetics save thee?

By Jessica McKenzie | Climate Change

Statler and Waldorf puppets.jpg

Thanksgiving advice, 2021: How to deal with climate change-denying Uncle Pete

By Richard C. J. Somerville | Climate Change

school child walking down flooded road in Gulf of Mexico

COP 26 highlights an infuriating, depressing, miserable situation. And yet…

By Adam Sobel | Climate Change

Swedish nuclear power plant interior

Is nuclear power sustainable in a carbon-free world? The case of Sweden.

By Robert Rosner, Sabrina Fields | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

nuclear plants lit up at night

Nuclear energy: a distraction on the road to climate solutions

By Sharon Squassoni | Climate Change

magnet being lowered into place at ITER

Fusion’s role in fighting climate change

By Robert J. Goldston, Jacob A. Schwartz | Climate Change, Fusion Energy, Special Topics

antinuclear energy protest in Berlin

Nuclear fear: the irrational obstacle to real climate action

By Kerry Emanuel | Climate Change, Nuclear Energy

soybeans wilt in cracked earth below partly cloudy sky

Agricultural emissions are not on the menu at COP26

By Tom Philpott | Climate Change

World leaders celebrate with hands up after signing Paris climate accords at COP21

Can climate action gain traction at COP26 in Glasgow?

By Bob Berwyn | Climate Change

gas burner flames

Despite pledges to take action, almost no nations are cutting down fossil fuel production

By Damian Carrington | Climate Change

Yellow Warbler

First came global warming. Then hurricanes. Then more migratory bird deaths?

By John Morales | Analysis, Climate Change, Columnists, Personal Essay