A clearer view of a changing world.
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Energy, ecosystems and the changing planet.
Grid operators cleared more projects than last year, in this illustrative scenario, but new applications outpaced them. The bottleneck in the energy transition is no longer building generation. It is plugging it in.
The Daily Edition Illustrative Desk · 2 min read · Complete coverage
In this illustrative scenario, a public-private consortium announced where it intends to build a plant meant to deliver fusion electricity to the grid in the 2030s.
Science
Some reefs regained coral cover while others did not, in this illustrative scenario, with heat exposure the strongest predictor.
Climate
Ignition has happened. Net electricity has not. A guide to separating the physics results from the press releases.
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The ocean stores more heat than the atmosphere, moves carbon on a scale no engineering project matches, and remains less mapped than the surface of Mars. What scientists are learning is changing how climate is understood.
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A synthetic series showing how a backlog of generation projects could grow even as approvals rise. Demonstration data, clearly labeled, standing in for the real figures the production edition would draw from Berkeley Lab.
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Aircraft, satellites and volunteers with measuring tapes are producing the first precise maps of urban canopy. The maps show that shade, like most things in cities, is unevenly distributed.
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