Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 11, 2024
Posted: 12th July 2024
Hurricane Beryl makes landfall in Texas, July 8, 2024. Image courtesy of NASA Earth Observatory
OLIVER MILMAN
The oceans are heating so fast, some scientists call for a new “Category 6” hurricane classification
There’s never been a Category 5 Atlantic hurricane this early in the year before. But Hurricane Beryl rampaged through the Caribbean as a Category 5 hurricane last week before making landfall as a Category 1 storm in Texas on Monday. Read more. Read more.
JASMINE OWENS
The false equivalency of nuclear disarmament and nuclear abolition
Blurring the distinctions between nuclear arms control advocates, disarmament advocates, and abolitionists has harmed abolitionists by hindering their ability to bring contemporary social justice movements into the anti-nuclear struggle. Read more.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
“There is a debate in the United States that the US are doing a lot to support Ukraine and Europe is not doing enough. If you look at figures, it’s actually a different picture…”
— Edgars Rinkēvičs, the president of Latvia, “European leaders use Nato summit to sell military alliance to US voters,” Guardian
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