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Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF): emerging markets as a decarbonization breakthrough, and collaborative challenges in global climate governance
Sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) is increasingly recognized as a critical pathway for decarbonizing the carbon-intensive aviation sector amid escalating climate governance pressures. Current technological development...
The Global Energy Supply in a Decade ‘Is Not a World We’re Going to Recognize’
With the U.S. bombing Iran and the Strait of Hormuz closed, energy experts say countries transitioning to renewables will be more resilient in the “face...
Observed global increases in tropical cyclone rapid acceleration and deceleration events
Understanding tropical cyclones’ (TCs) forward motion is important in assessing the duration of storm impact. TCs do not travel at a constant speed but rather...
Arctic sustainability: perspectives on research advances and emerging agenda from a decade of Arctic-FROST coordination network
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World held hostage by reliance on fossil fuels, Christiana Figueres warns – and climate health impacts are ‘mother of all injustices’
Exclusive: Former UN climate chief to co-chair Lancet Commission examining how sea-level rise is reshaping health, wellbeing and inequalityCountries are being “held hostage” by their...
Sea-level rise is a health crisis and we must hold polluters accountable | Christiana Figueres
Those facing the earliest and harshest consequences are, overwhelmingly, those who did the least to create themThere are moments in history when a crisis long...
US Senators Investigate $370 Million IRS Payout to Cheniere Energy
Seven Senate Democrats launched the probe over controversial tax credits to the country’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas.By Phil McKennaSeven Democratic U.S. senators have...
Alabama’s Governor Signed a Landmark Utility Regulation Bill Into Law. Many Say It’s a Win For Alabama Power.
The legislation was weakened so significantly its original sponsor ultimately voted against it. Alabamians say they’ll continue to push for real reform.By Lee HedgepethBIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Alabama...
Department of Energy’s AI push squeezes funding for research grants
Tapping already strained budgets, Genesis Mission gives scientists just weeks to apply for first awards
Enhancing climate mitigation: photovoltaic deployment as a complement to afforestation
Large-scale photovoltaic (PV) deployment and afforestation represent vital climate change mitigation strategies, yet the climate mitigation potential of PV deployment in regions where afforestation is...
Climate risks of global deployed solar photovoltaic systems
Solar photovoltaics (PV) are vital to the global energy transition, yet their climate resilience remains poorly understood. Existing projections typically evaluate theoretical PV power generation...
Extreme events and the insurance industry in a changing climate
Extreme weather losses are increasing worldwide, driven by a combination of growth in socioeconomic exposure and hazards influenced by climate change. This trend is acutely...
Discrepancy in the sign of temperature trends in reanalysis datasets
Reanalysis datasets provide spatially and temporally complete climate fields and are widely used as observational surrogates. Temperature trends from these datasets underpin numerous geoscience studies,...
General and selective nickel-electrocatalyzed cross-electrophile C*(sp2)–C(sp2) coupling
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 13, March 2026. SignificanceC(sp2)–C(sp2) bonds are pivotal in pharmaceuticals, natural products, and functional organic/polymeric materials....
The hidden math behind satisfying can-crushing videos
Fluid-filled soda cans confirm a long-untested theory of pattern formation
Artemis II captures an ‘Earthset’ and stunning views of the Moon
First crewed Moon mission since 1972 caught extraordinary glimpses of lunar terrain
DHS secretary calls for US states to lead disaster response instead of Fema
Markwayne Mullin visits Asheville to survey Hurricane Helene recovery in first big trip since Kristi Noem’s ousterMarkwayne Mullin, the US homeland security secretary, used a...
Summers over land and ocean are becoming longer, transitioning faster, and accumulating more heat
The timing and length of summer weather conditions in the midlatitudes matter due to connections with extreme weather events, plant and animal phenology, economic productivity,...
Determining the influence of water availability for photosynthetic life in Antarctica: a systematic review
Antarctica is paradoxically the driest continent on the planet, despite holding most of the Earth’s freshwater. In these conditions, water availability governs distribution, health, and...
The m5C orchestrator NSUN7 drives SPARC/HMGB1 axis–mediated inflammation to exacerbate kidney injury
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 13, March 2026. SignificanceRNA modifications like 5-methylcytosine (m5C) are emerging as critical regulators of inflammation,...
Oseltamivir aziridines are potent influenza neuraminidase inhibitors and imaging agents
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Volume 123, Issue 13, March 2026. SignificanceInfluenza remains a major global health threat. We introduce oseltamivir-based aziridines that...
As Japan warms, cherry blossom displays are fading
Some trees in southern Japan are already failing to reach peak bloom—a trend researchers predict will move north in the coming decades
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