What Comes After Coal: Germany’s Long Goodbye
The skies turned blue again, the rivers turned clean again, but the ground occasionally sinks without warning. Inside Germany’s long complicated goodbye to coal.
SCIENCE
Scientists Race to Protect Pollination in a Warming World
As climate change pushes crops beyond the conditions they evolved to withstand, scientists and plant breeders are paying closer attention to an often-overlooked indicator of stress: pollen. At the World Seed Congress in Lisbon, experts explained how this microscopic grain is helping shape the search for more resilient food systems.
The Untapped Tech Potential of African Agriculture
Most young Africans do not dream of working in agriculture. But at the 2026 World Seed Congress in Lisbon this May, the world's largest annual gathering of seed leaders, scientists and innovators, farming looked less like a struggle with the soil and more like a frontier of technology. In a wide-ranging conversation with African Seed Trade Association Secretary General Yacouba Diallo,it emerged that Africa's future in agriculture may depend less on land and rainfall than on its willingness to embrace innovation.
Reforestation in Northern Regions Can Warm the Planet, While Tropical Forests Offer Stronger Cooling
New climate modelling from ETH Zurich reveals that the latitude of reforestation determines whether forests cool or warm the planet. Tropical regions offer a unique double effect.
After the Floods, Heatwaves and Betrayals, Gore Still Believes in Hope
Gore Strongly Disagreed with President Trump’s Rollback of U.S. Support for Africa
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