Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

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You can read Guenther and Mann's recent Bulletin op-ed, "Sorry, climate change is still dangerous, no matter what nonsense Trump emits," below. ⬇️
https://t.co/JOl3TcYdIs

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In case you missed it: you can watch the Bulletin's discussion on the current state of climate research, attacks on science, and RCP8.5 with Genevieve Guenther @DoctorVive and Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann below.

Thank you to our guests for joining us!
https://t.co/XpBTDNVoRB

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"While achieving such a negotiated settlement with China and Russia will be challenging, American strategists and diplomats should nevertheless begin devising and attempting to negotiate a new generation of trilateral arms control frameworks."
—Matthew Kroenig, Alyxandra Marine

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New START's expiration left the world without constraints on nuclear arsenals.

But it's still possible to conceive of arms control arrangements among the United States, China, and Russia, write Matthew Kroenig and Alyxandra Marine.
https://t.co/rFBlY4fMF5

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Starting soon, join us below. ⬇️

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Today at 2:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 p.m. ET, Genevieve Guenther @DoctorVive and Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann will join the Bulletin for a discussion on recent developments in the study of climate change.

You can watch the livestream below. ⬇️
https://t.co/XpBTDNVoRB

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This Bulletin magazine article is available to all readers for a limited time.

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New START's expiration left the world without constraints on nuclear arsenals.

But it's still possible to conceive of arms control arrangements among the United States, China, and Russia, write Matthew Kroenig and Alyxandra Marine.
https://t.co/rFBlY4fMF5

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This article is written by Stephen Herzog, Allison Berke, Yanliang Pan, William C. Potter, and Douglas B. Shaw.

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In April, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies hosted over 100 experts to discuss how AI may affect nuclear and biological weapons.

The meeting launched a new process to develop safeguards for AI-related nuclear and biological risks. ⬇️
https://t.co/JpBYLeJgub

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Today at 2:30 p.m. CT / 3:30 p.m. ET, Genevieve Guenther @DoctorVive and Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann will join the Bulletin for a discussion on recent developments in the study of climate change.

You can watch the livestream below. ⬇️
https://t.co/XpBTDNVoRB

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"It doesn't affect me mentally that the world is in a bad situation. I just view it as a challenge [...] Humans can undo what they've done, it just requires will, caring."

—John Mecklin @meckdevil, interviewed by Troy Farah @filth_filler for @Salon.
https://t.co/2jb3Bmwpqk

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On June 22, Genevieve Guenther @DoctorVive and Michael E. Mann @MichaelEMann will join the Bulletin's Alexandra Bell to discuss recent developments in the study of climate change.

Sign up to join this free virtual discussion below. ⬇️
https://t.co/bj5nN2iIR4

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With the demise of New START creating a dangerous legal vacuum, Washington and Moscow must abandon outdated Cold War assumptions and forge a modern, shared definition of strategic stability, write Alexey Arbatov and Konstantin Bogdanov.
https://t.co/vdoThhcwtX

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Americans are now getting more of their electricity from solar than from coal—a big change from the early 2000s, when coal was king. And solar’s rise is accelerating, provides more than twice the share of electricity it did five years ago.
https://t.co/NqAAiDcSCZ

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Americans are now getting more of their electricity from solar than from coal—a big change from the early 2000s, when coal was king. And solar’s rise is accelerating, provides more than twice the share of electricity it did five years ago.
https://t.co/NqAAiDcSCZ

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"It’s winter in Antarctica, when sea ice expands rapidly around the continent peaking in September.

But satellite observations showed the Bellingshausen Sea [...] was almost completely ice-free."
https://t.co/jS8KyrdWkb

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"Antarctica’s west coast is missing an area of winter sea ice the size of France, sparking concerns for threatened penguins, other marine life, and global sea levels."

https://t.co/jS8KyrdWkb

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"If this were standard infrastructure now on every Samsung and Apple smartphone, then the entire world would almost always know where most radioactive material was."
https://t.co/ZxFLQ83xqE

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"As people in the United States struggle with rising costs and surging gas prices, oil giants are raking in billions from the Iran war, a dissonance that Democrats could tap into."
https://t.co/rHlajHwmiW

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In a multipolar, post-New START world are multilateral arms treaties even possible?

Russian security expert Dmitry Stefanovich shares his thoughts on what a new approach to nuclear negotiations might look like.

https://t.co/UTUfiXEWxO

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"All these recent developments make the risk that nuclear weapons may be used higher than it has been since Kennedy spoke."
https://t.co/4Vwg02zZe1