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Fix the Planet newsletter: Can tree diversity help the climate?

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By Adam Vaughan Rainforest at dawn, Mgahinga Gorilla National Park, Uganda, Africa. Dylan Garcia Photography / Alamy Stock Photo This is Fix the Planet, the weekly climate change newsletter that reminds you there are reasons for hope in science and technology around the world. To receive it in your inbox, sign up here. Hi, welcome back … Read more

GOES-T set to launch in March with instrument fix

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The next Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite is set for launch, with improvements to avoid an instrument problem that caused issues in a predecessor mission. The powerful weather satellite from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is set to launch March 1 at 4:38 p.m. EST (2138 GMT) from Cape Canaveral Space Station in Florida. … Read more

Fix the Planet newsletter: Why planes need a battery breakthrough

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By Adam Vaughan This is Fix the Planet, the weekly climate change newsletter that reminds you there are reasons for hope in science and technology around the world. To receive it in your inbox, sign up here. Judging from recent conversations I’ve been having, many people soon plan to fly for the first time since … Read more

Fix the Planet newsletter: Why planes needs a battery breakthrough

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By Adam Vaughan This is Fix the Planet, the weekly climate change newsletter that reminds you there are reasons for hope in science and technology around the world. To receive it in your inbox, sign up here. Judging from recent conversations I’ve been having, many people soon plan to fly for the first time since … Read more

Fix the Planet newsletter: The weird and wonderful rivals to batteries

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By Adam Vaughan Using a crane to lift weights and then release them to generate energy later is one novel approach being tried for energy storage. Energy Vault This is Fix the Planet, the weekly climate change newsletter that reminds you there are reasons for hope in science and technology around the world. To receive … Read more

The Mars rover Perseverance has pebbles stuck in its drill. NASA has a plan to fix it.

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NASA’s Perseverance rover will dump its latest Mars sample to unclog pebbles from its drill.  Perseverance mission managers made the unexpected announcement that they had to dump out Percy’s latest sample via a blog post on Friday (Jan. 14). The team even shared in the post that they never thought they would have to do … Read more

Fix the Planet newsletter: 11 climate solutions to watch in 2022

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From heat pumps to electric cars, satellite launches to floating wind turbines, we focus our attention on 11 climate solutions to watch in 2022 Environment 7 January 2022 By Adam Vaughan Tugboats pull a gigantic floating wind turbine in Sumoto, Hyogo, Japan The Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images Happy new year, and welcome to this … Read more

Fix the Planet newsletter: The tide is turning for sea power

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By Adam Vaughan One of Atlantis Energy’s turbines being lowered into the water in Scotland Atlantis Energy Hello, and welcome to this week’s Fix the Planet, the weekly climate change newsletter that reminds you there are reasons for hope in science and technology around the world. To receive this free, monthly newsletter in your inbox, … Read more