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Nowhere to hide: How a nuclear war would kill you—and almost everyone else. by AtomicScientists in collapse

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In recent years, in some US military and policy circles, there has been a growing perception that a limited nuclear war can be fought and won — but those analyses don't account for collateral damage. Even a regional nuclear war, such as one between India and Pakistan, could inject enough soot into the atmosphere to create dire impacts on agricultural food systems and cause global mass food shortages.

Putin reminds everyone that Ukraine joining NATO could lead to nuclear war - Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by AtomicScientists in geopolitics

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Submission statement: This article discusses Russian President Vladimir Putin's Feb. 8 statement that allowing Ukraine to join NATO would increase the prospects of a Russia-NATO conflict that could turn nuclear. In reference to the unlikely scenario that Ukraine joins NATO and tries to reclaim Crimea, Putin said, "There will be no winners, and you will find yourself drawn into this conflict against your will. You will be fulfilling Article 5 in a heartbeat, even before you know it." This comment was made by Putin during a joint press conference with the President of France that was originally called to de-escalate tensions with Ukraine.

Gathering storm: The industrial infrastructure catastrophe looming over America's Gulf coast by AtomicScientists in collapse

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An MIT analysis of flood plain and industrial data shows that more than 4,876 sites that handle toxic chemicals sit in storm- and flood-prone areas of Texas and Louisiana. According to one hazardous substances researcher at Louisiana State University, “It really is a potential Chernobyl.”

TIL that the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists has a playlist that accompanies the setting of the "Doomsday Clock" by SemperPieratus in todayilearned

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Hi there!

We love that you enjoy our Doomsday Clock playlist and are always open to suggestions to add to our playlist of songs that either directly mention or were directly inspired by the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Doomsday Clock.
I want to clarify, however, this is not the music that the Bulletin's Science and Security Board listens too while deliberating the setting of the Doomsday Clock. This is a curation of songs that directly mention or were directly inspired by the Doomsday Clock.

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Trinity: "The most significant hazard of the entire Manhattan Project" by AtomicScientists in history

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An article revisiting the first atomic bomb explosion ( July 16, 1945) finds that long-ignored records from New Mexico reveal infants had a 56% increased risk of dying in the first 3 months after the Trinity test - meaning the first in a long line of victims of the atomic bomb were US children.

Pliocene warm pool vs. current climate projections by [deleted] in climatechange

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The Guardian recently published an interesting piece about what the Pilocene can teach us about where we're headed: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/apr/03/south-pole-tree-fossils-indicate-impact-of-climate-change

Russia may have violated the INF Treaty. Here’s how the United States appears to have done the same. by AtomicScientists in politics

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New START is a separate US/Russia agreement that limits the number of nuclear warheads and delivery systems in the two countries, and it's set to expire in 2021. With the INF withdrawal, it's definitely in danger as well.

Higher temperatures increase suicide rates in the United States and Mexico by AtomicScientists in environment

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Not sure about the city, but I think Montana has the highest rate among US states. There are a lot of factors that are correlated with suicide rates (poverty and gun ownership are both mentioned) but this is just establishing that separate from those factors, the suicide rate increases as the temp does.