The current Daniel Ellsberg Week celebrates the achievements and inspirational spirit of the most significant whistleblower of the 20th century. Daniel
Source: Daniel Ellsberg: a Profound Voice Against the Doomsday Machine – CounterPunch.org
The current Daniel Ellsberg Week celebrates the achievements and inspirational spirit of the most significant whistleblower of the 20th century. Daniel
Source: Daniel Ellsberg: a Profound Voice Against the Doomsday Machine – CounterPunch.org
“As we live in an increasingly digital age, we need to ensure that humans hold the power alone to command, control, and launch nuclear weapons—not robots,” said co-sponsor Sen. Ed Markey.
Source: Bipartisan US Bill Aims to Prevent AI From Launching Nuclear Weapons
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s February 24th invasion of Ukraine is an unmitigated disaster for the 69-year-old former spy.
Biden’s advice to any consideration by Putin to use so-called tactical nuclear weapons: “Don’t. Don’t. Don’t.”
Source: Biden Says Nukes in Ukraine ‘Would Change the Face of War Unlike Anything Since WWII’
Atmospheric soot loadings from nuclear weapon detonation would cause disruptions to the Earth’s climate, limiting terrestrial and aquatic food production. Here, we use climate, crop and fishery models to estimate the impacts arising from six scenarios of stratospheric soot injection, predicting the total food calories available in each nation post-war after stored food is consumed. In quantifying impacts away from target areas, we demonstrate that soot injections larger than 5 Tg would lead to mass food shortages, and livestock and aquatic food production would be unable to compensate for reduced crop output, in almost all countries. Adaptation measures such as food waste reduction would have limited impact on increasing available calories. We estimate more than 2 billion people could die from nuclear war between India and Pakistan, and more than 5 billion could die from a war between the United States and Russia—underlining the importance of global cooperation in preventing nuclear war. Calorie availability and extent of food shortages for each nation are estimated following regional or global nuclear war, including impacts on major crops, livestock and fishery production.
Instead of focusing on who is to blame for creating this dire situation, Ukraine, Russia, and the international community need to work together to figure out how to stem the danger of a strike on Zaporizhzhia or its supporting safety systems.
Source: Opinion | In Ukraine, Nuclear Catastrophe Looms | William Hartung