Interesting research challenging the persistent claim that in the 14th century beleaguered Mongols at Caffa hurled their plague dead over the fortress walls.

The fear “is that repeating false claims of past biological #warfare normalizes the idea of intentional use of disease, making the actual use of biological weapons more likely.”

#history #bioweapons #plague #SiegeOfCaffa #biosecurity #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists

https://thebulletin.org/2023/08/catapulting-corpses-a-famous-case-of-medieval-biological-warfare-probably-never-happened/

by #JessicaMcKenzie in #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists:

"There has been recent investment in a completely new way of farming salmon on land through recirculating aquaculture systems, in which salmon are basically raised from egg to harvest in giant aquariums. These have significantly higher investment costs, but the waste from the farms doesn’t flow directly into the ocean, so they have less environmental impact. But if this method takes off, production is likely to be located closer to buyers, which might leave Chile—where salmon is primarily an export product—out of the loop."

https://thebulletin.org/2023/06/patagonian-paradise-lost-the-environmental-hazards-of-farming-fish-in-a-warming-world/#post-heading

#Chile #salmon #farming #fish #seafood #sustainability #environment #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #climate #algae #aquaculture

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Public discourse on #NuclearThreat: deep #uncertainty, #stakes likely the highest

Operated since 1947, recently the #DoomsdayClock by the #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rbul20/current) was updated:

https://thebulletin.org/2023/01/press-release-doomsday-clock-set-at-90-seconds-to-midnight/

On Jan 27, the #WHO released the updated "protocols and practices for ensuring the essential elements of a national stockpile of medical countermeasures for radiation emergencies [...] to increase global preparedness for radiological and nuclear emergencies" [1]

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Any realistic public discourse on #NuclearThreat?

Maintained since 1947, recently the #DoomsdayClock by the #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists (https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rbul20/current) was updated to indicate a worsening trend:

https://thebulletin.org/2023/01/press-release-doomsday-clock-set-at-90-seconds-to-midnight/

Yesterday, the #WHO released the updated "protocols and practices for ensuring the essential elements of a national stockpile of medical countermeasures for radiation emergencies [...] to increase global preparedness for radiological and nuclear emergencies" [1]

Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: I'll Say It: The Doomsday Clock Is a Buzzkill https://jezebel.com/doomsday-clock-moved-ukraine-1850031507 #Jezebel #bulletinoftheatomicscientists #timothc3a9echalamet #doomsdayscenarios #nuclearwarfare #doomsdayclock #creativeworks #vladimirputin #doomsday #fiction #clocks #fear

#Science
D’après l’horloge de l’apocalypse, la fin du monde n’a jamais été aussi proche

L’horloge de l’apocalypse indique le temps - symbolique - qui nous sépare de la fin du monde, en prenant notamment en compte les menaces climatiques et les risques nucléaires.

https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/science/article/d-apres-l-horloge-de-l-apocalypse-la-fin-du-monde-n-a-jamais-ete-aussi-proche_213151.html

#DoomseyClock #BulletinOfTheAtomicScientists

The Doomsday Clock has been in stasis since 2020, and scientists just moved it up to 90 seconds to midnight.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/g5vabw/doomsday-clock-90-seconds-to-midnight
#Technews #doomsdayclock #BulletinoftheAtomicScientists #nuclear #russia #Ukraine #worldnews