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Super El Niño is now 100% likely on European models and could shatter the 1877 record — forecasters warn of a ‘code red’ atmosphere

Oregon’s governor declares the state faces an early, prolonged wildfire season lasting into October due to severe drought and record-low snowpack

The IEA calls the Strait of Hormuz closure the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market

An abandoned coal mine in British Columbia may become a geothermal system that heats and cools an entire town

Scientists are turning sunlight and plastic waste into clean hydrogen fuel

China’s ‘artificial sun’ broke a long-standing density barrier in fusion plasma — proving plasma can stay stable at extreme densities

General Fusion targets mid-2026 to go public on Nasdaq under ticker ‘GFUZ’ — the first fusion energy company to list on a major exchange

Israel’s nT-Tao and national water company Mekorot will explore using compact fusion reactors to power the country’s water infrastructure

A British-US consortium including Type One Energy, Tokamak Energy, and AECOM will build the UK’s first private-sector fusion power plant

Commonwealth Fusion Systems applied to connect its ARC fusion plant to the US power grid — the first fusion company in history to do so

ITER’s central solenoid — a 59-foot stack of six superconducting modules wound from 36 km of cable — is one module away from completion

The Strait of Hormuz crisis has stranded hundreds of ships in what the IEA calls the largest oil supply disruption in history

Over 90% of the western US is in drought as AccuWeather forecasts 5.5 to 8 million acres will burn in 2026

The first three months of 2026 were the driest on record for the lower 48 states — with only 70% of average precipitation

Mayon volcano’s pyroclastic flows have traveled 4 km as ash blankets 100+ villages in total darkness — 5,000 people are in evacuation centers

Michigan has already logged 15 tornadoes in 2026 — matching its full-year average by early May

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