April 2026 – Our Fragile Earth

FABULOUS NEW FUEL CELL

A new fuel cell device uses microbes in soil to produce electricity and can power underground sensors for tasks like[…]

From Argentina to Australia to South Africa, record heat and raging wildfires ramped through the Southern Hemisphere at the start[…]

A breakthrough in brain-inspired computing could make today’s energy-hungry AI systems far more efficient. A new nanoelectronic device has been[…]

Extreme heat threatens the world’s food systems, with ocean heatwaves killing fish, farmers unable to work outside, livestock experiencing stress,[…]

Lithium, a critical battery material, hidden in pyrite within ancient shale rocks, could be extracted from existing waste, reducing the[…]

Africa’s forests, once vital allies in fighting against climate change, have turned from a carbon sink into a carbon source[…]

Incorporating trees into cropland can sequester large amounts of carbon. Mixed croplands interspersed with fruit trees can be five times[…]

Africa’s Congo Basin’s vast peatlands store enormous amounts of carbon. This ancient vault may be leaking. Significant amounts of carbon[…]

The Earth gets hotter the deeper you go. About four kilometers down the rock itself gets so hot that it[…]

At today’s pace of research and development, and without rapid emissions reduction, solutions will arrive too late for coral reefs.[…]