Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Friday, October 28, 2016

Friday, October 28, 2016

Interview: Just 90 companies are accountable for more than 60 percent of greenhouse gases   Dan Drollette, Jr.   There’s a tendency to think that when it comes to climate change, we’re all equally at fault—and if everyone is to blame, then no one is to blame. But now it’s possible to identify the contributions of individual companies, thanks to the work of researchers such as Richard Heede, who found that a handful of us bear a lot more responsibility for climate change than others.   Fear Factor: The unseen perils of the Ebola outbreak   James Shultz, et al   Infectious diseases create fear and psychological reactions. Frequently, fear manifests as “fear-related behaviors” capable of amplifying the spread of disease, impeding life-saving medical care. And as the case of the US Ebola micro-outbreak shows, fear of an infectious-disease threat can spread explosively even when an epidemic has little chance of materializing.   From the September/October subscription journal.     The Nuclear Roundup is now at the Bulletin   Jodi Lieberman   Sign up to receive Jodi Lieberman's Nuclear Roundup. Discover why so many readers find this daily summary of nuclear-related news simply indispensable.   In the nuclear order, what role for China?   Hua Han, Gregory Kulacki, Rajesh Rajagopalan   China's getting richer. China's getting stronger. How will a stronger, richer China approach the world's nonproliferation and disarmament challenges? The first round of a new debate closes.     No-first-use: One step toward peace   Ta Minh Tuan, Parris H. Chang, Raymond Jose Quilop   The third round of our debate, "US no-first-use: The view from Asia,” opens with the idea that a no-first-use declaration by a superpower such as the United States would only increase US prestige. But the second entry in this final round posits that, when it comes to nuclear weapons, self interest rules.   What We're Reading   What We’re Reading is a new blog at the Bulletin featuring short posts about articles you’ll want to see. This week we look at possible UN sanctions against Syria over the use of chemical weapons, Greenland's big melt, and how renewables accounted for more than half of the new net electricity generation capacity added last year around the world. Would you spend $1 trillion tax dollars on nuclear weapons? Try the new app at the Future of Life Institute.   2016 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Annual Dinner     Room for Debate at the NY Times   Rachel Bronson   The Bulletin's Rachel Bronson was published in the New York Times Room for Debate, discussing the US nuclear arsenal upgrade.     Bulletin contributing editor Elisabeth Eaves wins award   Elisabeth Eaves The Society of American Travel Writers has awarded Bulletin contributing editor Elisabeth Eaves an honorable mention in their Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism Competition. Eaves' article, "A Hundred Cities within Seoul," was published in the New York Times in July. US plans to modernize its nuclear arsenal. The status of the Iran nuclear agreement. How the next president should address climate change. It's all headline news, and it's all covered at the Bulletin. To keep it up, we need your support. About the Bulletin   For more than 70 years the Bulletin has engaged science leaders, policy makers, and the interested public on topics of nuclear weapons and disarmament, the changing energy landscape, climate change, and emerging technologies.

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