Energy, climate, ecosystems and the research that moves them forward.
In this fictional scenario, the Helios toroidal facility held a net-positive plasma for 72 hours, delivering 380% of its input energy and opening the door to a shared patent pool.
Our fictional field correspondent visits coastal farms where small solar-powered desalination plants supply irrigation water, with brine handled on site rather than dumped at sea.
A fictional Nordic consortium says its offshore borehole has reached 6,500 metres and encountered supercritical conditions, a finding validated by an independent survey.
A fictional capture facility in Iceland reports 99.4% mineralization efficiency at its live field node, though experts urge attention to lifecycle emissions.
A fictional biophilic megacity pairs tower-sized planted facades with solar-linked mobility pods, cutting ambient temperatures by 4.2C in this illustrative scenario.
A special investigation dossier from the Data Desk walks through the illustrative headline metrics of a fictional global energy transition, drawn from invented telemetry.
