Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists April 24th, 2023
Posted: 24th April 2023
April 24, 2023
90 seconds to midnight: A year in review
The past year was marked by great uncertainty and instability at an international level, largely due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In response, the Bulletin maintained a continuous stream of high-quality, timely content. We reflect on this in our 2022 annual report, with commentary from Bulletin leaders. Read the report.
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SOME OF THE STORIES HIGHLIGHTED IN THE REPORT
NUCLEAR RISK
Nowhere to HideBulletin staff members worked together to deliver “Nowhere to Hide: How a nuclear war would kill you—and almost everyone else” by associate editor FranÇois Diaz- Maurin with design by multimedia editor Thomas Gaulkin. Editor-in-Chief John Mecklin and his team conceived the project to bring new research on nuclear winter by renowned scholar Alan Robock and his colleagues to a broad audience. Read more.
DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES
Will AI destroy art?Associate editor Sara Goudarzi asked experts from a variety of artistic and technical disciplines to weigh in on the ethical, economic, and artistic implications of art created by intelligent machines. Read more.
CLIMATE CHANGE
Getting serious about dealing with climate damageIf you had polled a random sample of climate experts and insiders ahead of COP27 on which issue was most likely to bring the negotiations crashing down, most would have given the same answer: the plan to raise money to address climate impacts in developing countries, otherwise known as loss and damage. Instead, it was the crowning achievement in Sharm el-Sheikh, according to a December update from Taylor Dimsdale, senior fellow for climate and disaster resilience at Fors Marsh. Read more.
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