Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May 23, 2024
Posted: 23rd May 2024
Hurricane Otis damaged or destroyed much of Acapulco, a city of nearly 1 million residents, in October 2023. (Gio Antonio/Wikipedia)
BOB BERWYN
New report chronicles toll of climate crisis on Latin America and the Caribbean
The region is chronically underserved by weather and climate information, which makes it difficult to prepare and respond to climate extremes. Read more.
DAWN STOVER
Catherine Bertini on eliminating hunger in a changing climate
A long-time leader in efforts to combat the world’s food crisis gives her impressions of the UN’s goals to both eliminate global hunger and reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. Part of our May magazine, this piece is accessible to all readers for a limited time. Read more.
STEPHEN YOUNG
Another reason to cancel the Sentinel missile: the rising cost of its nuclear warhead
The total cost of the Sentinel missile program, when you include all the costs of the warhead it will carry, will be more than $185 billion. The ever-increasing price tag for the new intercontinental ballistic missile strengthens the case against it. Read more.
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The fallout never ended
As efforts to compensate victims of United States nuclear weapons tests continue, an expert on the US nuclear program looked back at their harmful effects, and how the government addressed them—or didn’t. Read more.
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“It’s transparently an effort at nuclear coercion.”
— Jeffrey Lewis, “Russia Starts Tactical Nuclear Drills, in a Warning to Ukraine’s Allies”, The New York Times
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