Dawn Stover

White Salmon

Writer and Contributor Editor at Freelance

Contributor Editor at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Contributor Editor at Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Freelance journalist writing about science, technology and the environment. Contributing editor at Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists https://t.co/b7HawsPjo8

Articles

Human killings of wolves are on the rise in Washington

2 weeks ago | columbiainsight.org | Dawn Stover

By Dawn Stover. May 1, 2025. This year’s report on gray wolves from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife had bad news for the species—and for efforts to relax wolf protections. The number of wolves counted in Washington dropped for the first time since wolves returned to the state in 2008. The count of successful breeding pairs also declined significantly, despite a slight increase in the number of wolf packs.
The real ‘Great Replacement’

1 month ago | thebulletin.org | Dawn Stover

Non-white immigrants are “poisoning the blood” of the United States, destroying American culture, threatening to turn white Americans into a minority, and taking jobs from American citizens. The Democratic Party is importing immigrants to tip the scales in US elections. That’s according to the Great Replacement, a fringe conspiracy theory that was invented by the French writer Renaud Camus in the late 1990s and has become increasingly mainstream within the Republican Party.
As more countries enter space, the boundary between civilian and military enterprise is blurring. Dangerously.

1 month ago | thebulletin.org | Zohaib Altaf |Dawn Stover

Outer space is no longer just for global superpowers and large multinational corporations. Developing countries, start-ups, universities, and even high schools can now gain access to space. The democratization of space has led to significant technological advancements, economic growth, and international collaboration. In 2024, a record were launched into space.
Trump can’t denuclearize North Korea. South Korea’s next leader should pursue risk reduction instead

Feb 14, 2025 | thebulletin.org | Daeyeon Lee |Dawn Stover

In November 2016, a real estate mogul named Donald Trump defied expectations and won election as the 45th US president. The following month, South Korea’s legislature passed a bill to impeach conservative President Park Geun-hye over a corruption scandal involving her top aide. History repeats itself: In November 2024, Trump won a second presidential term. About a month later, South Korean lawmakers voted to impeach conservative President Yoon Suk Yeol over a short-lived martial law declaration.
Nuclear power: future energy solution or potential war target?

Sep 16, 2024 | thebulletin.org | Ray Hughes |Dawn Stover

Ukraine’s president posted a video of a fire at Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on social media on August 11, 2024. Credit: Ukrainian PresidencyInnovative small modular reactors, floating nuclear plants, and microreactors offer potential routes to decarbonization that many countries are embracing. However, these emerging technologies elevate concerns that wartime attacks could expose warfighters and civilians to nuclear fallout.
Interview: Lawrence Norden on US election security

Sep 4, 2024 | thebulletin.org | Dawn Stover

The November election could determine more than just the individual races and partisan powers that are at stake. Lawsuits, campaign rhetoric, and disinformation are already challenging the validity of the vote itself. The outcome could have a huge impact on how US elections are conducted in the future.
SPECIAL REPORT: Where have all the porcupines gone?

Aug 29, 2024 | columbiainsight.org | Dawn Stover

By Dawn Stover. August 29, 2024. The top of the lodgepole pine is brittle and rust-colored. The tree’s middle section is missing some of its bark, and it has vertical ridges beneath layers of hardened sap that look like yellow wax dripping down a candle. Joy Markgraf and her late husband Frank planted this tree many years ago, and now it is dying. Nevertheless, Markgraf is happy to see the damage done to the tree.
Is America buying nuclear weapons to win a war or to prevent one?

Aug 20, 2024 | thebulletin.org | Dawn Stover |Jack O’Doherty

We may have got it wrong. No, seriously. Analysts, scholars, and policy makers routinely grapple with opposing histories of nuclear strategy, but one perennial question is thought to have been resolved decades ago: What are nuclear weapons actually for?
Who needs a government ban? TikTok users are already defending themselves

Aug 9, 2024 | thebulletin.org | Hali Mecklin |Dawn Stover

Samuel Aldridge is a 33-year-old dad from North Carolina. He’s worked 12-hour days as a pipelayer for most of his adult life. He’s a self-proclaimed “Average Joe.” He also has nearly two million followers and 50 million likes on TikTok. After a six-year social media journey across various platforms, Aldridge made it big on TikTok in 2022 as @Slamuri.
Interview: Rose Gottemoeller on the precarious future of arms control

Jul 29, 2024 | thebulletin.org | Laurel Baker |Dawn Stover

On May 1, Laurel Baker sat down with Rose Gottemoeller, former Deputy Secretary General of NATO, chief US negotiator of the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START), and accomplished lecturer.