What We’re Reading

Trump tweet about global warming

Trump to Paris Agreement: Drop dead

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

mother and child up to waist in floodwaters

New climate research suggests worse coastal flooding—sooner

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Illustration by Matt Field. Based in part on photos by gloucester2gaza and Julian Hertzog via Wikimedia Commons. CY BY-SA 2.0 / CC BY 4.0. Stylized.

Top US Army official: Build AI weapons first, then design safety

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, What We’re Reading

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Foreign Minister Javad Zarif.

New poll: Iranians are souring on the nuclear deal and don’t want a new one

By John Krzyzaniak | Nuclear Risk, What We’re Reading

An interactive look at the algorithm powering the justice system

By Matt Field | Artificial Intelligence, Disruptive Technologies, What We’re Reading

Sulphur wild horse in Southwestern Utah

Trump official says wild horses, not climate change, are “existential threat” to federal lands

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

Erdogan and Trump shake hands

Getting the nukes out of Turkey: A how-to guide

By John Krzyzaniak | Nuclear Risk, What We’re Reading

Trump’s former Russia expert to speak before Congress Monday. Here are her thoughts about Putin.

By Dan Drollette Jr | What We’re Reading

Dirty Smokestack

20 companies, 33 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions

By Dan Drollette Jr | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

for sale sign flooded

How climate change could trigger recession

By Dawn Stover | Climate Change, What We’re Reading

INF inspection of Pershing II missiles

Scientists have a new technique for verifying a dismantled nuke

By John Krzyzaniak | Nuclear Weapons, What We’re Reading

In other news: climate crisis, chemical weapons, nuclear brinksmanship, etc.

By Thomas Gaulkin | Climate Change, Nuclear Risk, What We’re Reading