A new legal theory suggests that oil companies could be taken to court for every kind of homicide in the United States, short ...

A huge amount of the metals and rare earths needed to build solar panels, wind turbines, and electric vehicles may be sitting ...

Adding more nuclear warheads to India’s missiles won’t rock the boat with China. But things could still sink fast.

Taking the pulse of the climate and environmental crises facing the planet, and what is being done about them.

The striking realignment of alliances and priorities in the Middle East and beyond could impact Iran’s nuclear decisions.

The Russia-Ukraine war has demonstrated that open and reliable communication between nuclear experts, government officials, and the public is imperative. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has made the use ...

Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel on April 13 has significantly escalated the tensions between the countries. For the first time, a declared and extensive Iranian military operation was carried ...

Editor’s note: This story was originally published by UNDARK. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Throughout history, human societies have relied on technological progress to ...

Fetter is a professor of public policy at the University of Maryland. He served for five years in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy during the Obama Administration, where he led ...

Peter Sutoris is an environmental anthropologist and assistant professor in climate and development at the University of Leeds’ Sustainability Research Institute. He is the author of the books ...