In this essay, Robert Socolow, a co-winner of the 2023 John Scott Award, the oldest science prize in the United States, explains his approach to climate science in the Anthropocene era an approach he calls "destiny science."
The Master of Arts in Conflict Resolution at Georgetown University and the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists invite Georgetown University students, faculty, staff, and alumni to the 2024 Doomsday Clock Town Hall. The town hall will consist of a panel discussion with members of the Bulletin’s Science and Security board, the experts who set the Doomsday Clock. […]
Nuclear energy made a big splash at the UN climate meeting in Dubai with a declaration by 22 countries calling for a tripling of nuclear energy by 2050. It seems like an impressive and urgent call to arms. On closer inspection, however, the numbers don’t work out.
By Sharon Squassoni | December 13, 2023, https://thebulletin.org/2023/12/the-nuclear-energy-numbers-racket/ Nuclear energy made a big splash at the COP28 climate meeting in Dubai with a declaration by 22 countries calling for a tripling of nuclear energy by 2050. It seems like an impressive and urgent call to arms. On closer inspection, however, the numbers don’t work out. Even at…
Twenty-two countries called for a tripling of nuclear energy by 2050 at the COP-28 climate meeting in Dubai. This article explains, with facts and figures, why nuclear energy will continue to be the most expensive and slowest option for reaching net zero carbon dioxide emissions.