Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, July 22, 2024
Posted: 23rd July 2024
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ERIK ENGLISH
Swimming in the Seine? Paris Olympics highlight the challenge of cleaning urban riversParis hopes to open the Seine for Olympic swimming this week and public swimming in 2025—other cities should follow their lead. Read more.
JOHN MECKLIN
Interview: US diplomat Adam Scheinman on nonproliferation, arms control, and the NPTIn this interview, Bulletin editor-in-chief John Mecklin talks with Ambassador Adam Scheinman, who oversees American diplomacy around the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, about US arms control efforts. Read more.
LOUISE KIM
With new data, researchers attempt to overturn long-held theory on ice ages and climate changeFiguring out the mechanisms behind the last abrupt climate shift could help us predict and understand how climate change manifests now. Read more.
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CAMERON VEGA AND ELIANA JOHNS
Humans should teach AI how to avoid nuclear war—while they still can
The systemic use of AI technology in nuclear strategy, threat prediction, and force planning could erode human skills and critical thinking. It could also lure users into believing that a nuclear war can be won. Read more.
PETER GLEICK
Peak water in an era of climate change
Understanding the concept of “peak water” and the strategies behind it is key to moving toward a more efficient and sustainable water future. Part of our July magazine, this article is available to all readers for a limited time. Read more.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
“If you look at China’s emissions profile of the past two decades, one particular source was hugely significant: real estate and construction, whose supply chain made up about a third of all emissions [...] That’s cooling off.”
— Li Shuo, director of China Climate Hub at the Asia Society Policy Institute, “Why the Era of China’s Soaring Carbon Emissions Might Be Ending,” The New York Times
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