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Analysis
15 August 2013
Climate Change
Americas

Closing the consensus gap: Public support for climate policy

John Cook

Despite what the public thinks, climate scientists are nearly in agreement that human activity is changing Earth’s climate. 

Analysis
26 June 2013
Climate Change
Americas

Obama’s pragmatic climate change speech

Jonas MonastTim Profeta

The president explains why America must address global warming, and how to get started using the tools he has. 

Analysis
14 June 2013
Climate Change

Saving the ozone layer and the climate

Donald J. Wuebbles

How a new international agreement could protect stratospheric ozone and slow climate change.

Analysis
14 January 2013
Climate ChangeNuclear EnergyNuclear Weapons

An open letter to President Obama: The time on the Doomsday Clock is five minutes to midnight

Robert SocolowThomas RosenbaumLynn EdenRod EwingAlexander GlaserSivan KarthaEdward "Rocky" Kolb Leon LedermanRamamurti RajaramanRobert RosnerJennifer SimsRichard C. J. SomervilleElizabeth J. Wilson

Editor's note: Founded in 1945 by University of Chicago scientists who had helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists subsequently created the Doomsday Clock in 1947 using the imagery of apocalypse (midnight) and the contemporary idiom of nuclear explosion (countdown to zero), to convey threats to humanity and the planet.