Coming out of pseudo twitter retirement to promote the new issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists magazine, which is all about tipping points! Dan Drollette and I have been working on it for months and I'm delighted to see it out in the world

#tippingpoint #climatetippingpoints

helloooooo is this thing still on?

One of the most pressing questions facing climate scientists is whether human-caused global warming could trigger radical global changes in the climate system. (Almost) everything you wanted to know about tipping points, but were too afraid to ask. ⬇️ bit.ly/3Dx5RK7

A wildlife corridor plans to connect two Superfund sites at the former Rocky Flats plutonium plant and the Rocky Mountain Arsenal that once produced chemical weapons. Locals fear residual contamination could spread. thebulletin.org/2025/03/red-li… #RockyFlats #nuclearwaste #plutonium

What are climate tipping points? Where did the term come from, how has it evolved, and why does it remain contentious? Read "Earth on the brink? Looking back on nearly two decades of tipping point research," three expert interviews by @jessimckenzi.bsky.social. (1/4) thebulletin.org/2025/03/earth-…

'Metaphors can grow legs': An interview with David Armstrong McKay, a lecturer and researcher at the University of Sussex and the lead author of a 2022 paper that reassessed the risk of all the tipping elements in the Earth system. (2/4) thebulletin.org/2025/03/metaph…

'The riskometer has been going up all the time': An interview with Tim Lenton, founding director of Global Systems Institute and lead author of the 2008 paper that formally introduced the idea of tipping points in Earth’s climate system. (3/4) thebulletin.org/2025/03/the-ri…

'Notoriously difficult to investigate and even more difficult to predict': An interview with Thomas Stocker, prof. of Climate and Environmental Physics at the University of Bern, lead author of an article arguing for an IPCC assessment of tipping points. thebulletin.org/2025/03/notori…

Congress failed to pass legislation to continue to compensate those poisoned by nuclear weapons activities. Meanwhile, money is flowing to modernize and expand the US nuclear arsenal. Chloe Shrager's latest for Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists thebulletin.org/2025/03/radiat… #RECA #Congress

Yesterday, Maine Senator Angus King grilled US Director of National Intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard, about the 2025 Annual Threat Assessment, which made no mention of climate change for the first time in 11 years. @jessimckenzi.bsky.social reports below. thebulletin.org/2025/03/maine-…

In 2023, tuberculosis killed 1.25 million people worldwide. 🐢🐢🐢John Green🐢🐢🐢's new book highlights the history of TB, the world's deadliest infectious disease, which the Trump administration’s funding freeze is allowing to spread. Read more from Erik English. thebulletin.org/2025/03/were-b…

Is bitcoin driving a green transformation, or fueling a mirage? A close look at "bitcoin-is-climate-friendly claims shows they are short-sighted and ill-founded," write Maximilian Gill, Jona Stinner, and Marcel Tyrell. thebulletin.org/2025/03/is-bit…

A "carefully calibrated" science story made headlines this week. The dire wolf, extinct for over 10,000 years, was reported to have been revived by a biotech company. However, the truth is far more complicated. More from @jessimckenzi.bsky.social below.⬇️ thebulletin.org/2025/04/dire-w…

my NYT debut with 1200 words of pure Bloodborne glaze nytimes.com/2025/05/28/art…

Really great piece by Ethan Davison discussing Bloodborne, modernism, and Grant Us Eyes up today at NYT! (reposting with author tag) nytimes.com/2025/05/28/art…

What does Bloodborne have to do with literary and artistic modernism? Almost everything, according to Nathan Wainstein's book, Grant Us Eyes, discussed in the NYT. nytimes.com/2025/05/28/art…

JUST IN: Trump's comments on denuclearization offer an important opportunity to engage in dialogues over disarmament. The U.S., Russia, and China should seize it, argue Joseph Rodgers and Diya Ashtakala of CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues. thebulletin.org/2025/06/only-i… #nuclearweapons #disarmament #Trump

Israel and the United States' strikes on Iran could leave lasting health, environmental, and climate damage to the country. Bulletin editors @jessimckenzi.bsky.social and Sara Goudarzi take a closer look. thebulletin.org/2025/07/the-wa…