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Stefan Urbat @stefanurb.bsky.social · 18h

this is the eletron temperature, not relevant for fusion, ion (Deuteron) temperature was lower, just 0,46 keV, a little above 5 million K

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arXiv physics.plasm-ph Plasma Physics @physicsplasmph-bot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

S. J. Howard, et al.: Compressional heating above 1 keV on the LM26 magnetized target fusion machine arxiv.org/abs/2610.11890 arxiv.org/pdf/2610.11890 arxiv.org/html/2610.11890

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Stefan Urbat @stefanurb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

that Avalanche will likely not make it doesn't mean nobody will, the best financed ($ US 4 billion) and most employees having (1500 to 2000) company @cfs.energy will show net energy production in 2027 and builds power plant ARC in Virginia also beginning 2027, electricity production scheduled 2032

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Stefan Urbat @stefanurb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

denn tatsächlich werden diese Tokamaks anders als die NIF tatsächlich MEHR Fusionsenergie erzeugen, als insgesamt an Energie hinein gesteckt wird, bei SPARC physikalisch schon bei der ersten Kampagne 1,4 mal so viel, technisch/insgesamt ca. 1,1 mal so viel, später mindestens 8 mal bzw. 6 mal

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Stefan Urbat @stefanurb.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

mehrere Ungenauigkeiten im Artikel: es werden die Plasmahauptradien wiedergegeben (wie üblich), nicht der Durchmesser des Tokamaks, auch bauen die Chinesen gerade ihren erfolgreichen Tokamak HL-3 (Huanliu 3) auf D-T Betrieb um und wollen damit wie @cfs.energy schon 2027 echte Nettoenergie zeigen

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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A very notable thing about this graph is that it is not a long list of developed countries. Developing countries also list high on the list, well above the EU average (and long above the US). EVs are better than ICE, people are noticing, and the transition is happening...

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Prof Ian Hall @ianhall.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Climate change isn’t taking us to one new, stable place. It’s pushing us into a future of constant change and growing uncertainty. So the question isn’t: What will the new normal be? It’s: How do we prepare for a climate that won’t stand still? Worth reading: theconversation.com/hoping-for-a...

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Hoping for a ‘new normal’ climate is pointless. We must learn to adapt

It’s increasingly common to hear climate-fuelled disasters described as the ‘new normal’. But our desire for normality and predictability is wishful thinking

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems @cfs.energy · 08/10/2026

3/3 Our partners in the effort are four National Laboratories, four businesses, and two universities. For more details, check our press release. cfs.energy/news-and-med...

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems to Lead AI-enabled Digital Twin Fusion Project in Second Phase of Genesis Mission | Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems @cfs.energy · 08/10/2026

We’re getting another useful tool in our fusion toolkit with a Genesis Mission award from the @departmentofenergy.bsky.social. Through the program, CFS will lead a group of U.S. labs, universities, and companies to use AI and digital twins to help catalyze commercial fusion energy work. 1/3

CFS Chief Science Officer and Co-founder Brandon Sorbom speaking at the White House

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Tom Quinn @tomquinn.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Absolutely huge announcement out of Korea with KGX now announced. Total package of 1,000 trillion won (that's ~1 trillion AUD!). Steel is a key focus. SK wants to become the first country to mass-produce hydrogen-reduced steel and use that capability to compete in the global green steel market.

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South Korea Announces $747 Billion Energy Transition Plan Through 2035

South Korea’s K-GX strategy mobilizes $747 billion through 2035, combining government spending and climate finance to accelerate the country’s energy

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Rachel Carson Center for Environment & Society @carsoncenter.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

We just added James Fleming’s “Excuse Us, While We Fix the Weather” to our 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 archive–now with a new foreword! Originally published in 𝘙𝘊𝘊 𝘗𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘴, the piece highlights the male-dominated culture surrounding proposals for weather and climate interventions: springs-rcc.org/excuse-us-wh...

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EUROfusion @eurofusion.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

JOREK, the code simulating plasma instabilities in fusion devices, is now open source 🔓 20+ years of development, contributors from Europe to Asia to the US, and now open for anyone to use and improve Read more: buff.ly/sYmMXTY

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Stefan Urbat @stefanurb.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nach dem Vorbild des @departmentofenergy.bsky.social in USA gibt es jetzt via @sprind-de.bsky.social auch in Deutschland ein Meilenstein Programm für Fusionskraftwerksentwicklung durch deutsche Firmen: www.sprind.org/worte/magazi... auch korrekt aus Sondervermögen Klimaneutralität finanziert

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SPRIND | NÄCHSTER SCHRITT ZUM FUSIONSKRAFTWERK

SPRIND startet Meilensteinprogramm im Bereich der Kernfusion.

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Re-wetting drained peatlands is a powerful and underappreciated climate solution.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

San Diego's problem isn't an Iranian attack. It's a climate-change-enhanced hurricane.

NOAA track projection of Hurricane Rachel heading to northern Mexico and southern California.

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Fusion Industry Association @fusionindustry.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Today, Germany launched a milestone-based fusion program, providing €500 million through 2029, with total public funding expected to increase to €2.5 billion. @sprind-de.bsky.social

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Chris Gloninger @climatechris.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

They had to move the y axis The El Niño chart topped out at 30C. The 2026 line went through the top and they extended the axis to 31. Warmest water ever measured there, and it does not peak until December. Wet California, dry Australia, probably the warmest year on record in 2027.

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Scripps Institution of Oceanography @scrippsocean.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

‼️Happening now: We’re educating the community about #ElNiño! ▶️ More about the event: luma.com/g812l4au ▶️ Check out our El Niño Resource Hub: scripps.ucsd.edu/news/el-nino

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Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"AI is being used widely in government departments including the health department, ASIC, the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the agriculture department, the Department of Industry, Science and Resources and the Commonwealth Ombudsman"

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Widely used, rarely disclosed: The extent of AI inside government, revealed‌

AI is spreading across government departments, but experts say 'shadow' use may be harder to track.

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems @cfs.energy · 07/10/2026

"SPARC was designed with the intent not to be connected to the grid but to have 13 of the 17 systems you need in a power plant to show the world that we have a near-scale fusion machine that can work as a power plant... 1/4

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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

"Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires." Great work here by my friend Guy Shrubsole, covered by the Guardian. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

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Revealed: Government quietly dropped plan to prepare England for wildfires

FOI request shows wildfire risk scheme scrapped, as data highlights many fire services lack proper protective gear

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Copernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Explore the CAMS #AtmosphereWatch: atmosphere.copernicus.eu/air-quality/...

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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 07/10/2026

In this issue... 🪾 More than 4.6m square kilometres of forest is degraded, said the UN. 💵 Ahead of COP17, businesses called for nature-harming subsidy reform. 🌊 More than 100 nations ratified the High Seas Treaty. 🦗 Coastal areas could face invasive species due to sea level rise, said a study

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Stefan Urbat @stefanurb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

this gets interesting: how much from it will it make to the summary for policy makers? vested interests with some country agents will for sure oppose to large parts of it

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Prof Lisa Schipper 🌍🍉💪 @lisaschipper.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

For those not too far from Bonn, you might find the fight with Deutsche Bahn worthwhile for this event on 20.10 where we explore why there is an entire chapter on Loss and Damage is the next IPCC report. www.geographie.uni-bonn.de/en/events/lo...

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Loss and Damage in the IPCC, (why) does it matter?

For the first time in its history, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will dedicate a standalone chapter to loss and damage (L&D) in its upcoming 7th Assessment Report. This further ...

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Eos @eos.org · 07/10/2026

UPDATE: The Forest Service may be undercounting comments about the Roadless Rule change. Its site logged ~345,00 comments, but environmental orgs say that people have sent *more than 1 million* comments opposing the rule change through pre-drafted message systems. 🧪🌲 eos.org/research-and...

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Forest Service to End Protection for 45 Million Acres of Forest - Eos

The U.S. Forest Service has moved forward with a rule to withdraw protections from 45 million acres of pristine national forests.

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Tadzio Mueller @tadziomueller.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Deutschland, Deine Prios: oben, ein Mensch, der auf einer Wahlparty der Berliner Linken war, hat danach Hamas Funktionäre getroffen. Unten, der Beginn der faschistischen Machtübernahme in Sachsen-Anhalt. Danke @spiegel.de, dass Du das so klar darstellst.

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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 07/10/2026

"This Super El Niño will no doubt significantly impact the Southwestern US this winter, with effects from record-high sea levels and coastal erosion to the potential for excessive rainfall and consequent flash flooding throughout the southern half of the country."— @marc-alessi.bsky.social

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Strongest El Niño on Record Triggers California State of Emergency and Is Already Affecting Global Weather Patterns

And it’s only September— El Niño doesn’t typically peak until November-January.

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Stefan Urbat @stefanurb.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

due @weatherprof.bsky.social it's unlikely to become a hurricane due to unfavorable conditions (shear winds) caused by current "Hyper" El Nino

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Eric Holthaus @ericholthaus.com · 07/10/2026

Tropical Storm Isaias is looking very spinny today. Landfall is likely between Mobile, AL and Destin, FL on Friday PM.

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Commonwealth Fusion Systems @cfs.energy · 06/10/2026

"We forget that up until the Wright brothers, there were people saying that [flight] was physically impossible — despite the evidence that birds fly." 1/3

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Fusion energy is approaching its Kitty Hawk moment

YouTube video by Commonwealth Fusion Systems

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 06/10/2026

A new study finds that 67% of US respondents support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons which calls for nuclear abolition. But only 22% of those respondents support reducing the US nuclear arsenal. How to square the difference? buff.ly/o7TVzJQ

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The Angry Astronaut @angryastro.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Here's my first IAC 2026 video! Europe has a new space plane under construction! Pulsar Fusion is building the biggest ion engines in Europe! And that's just the beginning! youtu.be/UGh54hRlytY

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Pulsar Fusion Update! European Space Plane almost ready for flight! IAC 2026 Coverage!

YouTube video by The Angry Astronaut

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Stefan Urbat @stefanurb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

that's right, of course, but also as a matter of fact we see no significant bending down of the Keeling curve so far (look here: gml.noaa.gov/ccgg/trends/... ), and globally this is the only measure, which matters - therefore the reducing GHG players can't compensate so far the growing ones

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Trends in CO2 - NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory

GML conducts research on greenhouse gas and carbon cycle feedbacks, changes in aerosols, and surface radiation, and recovery of stratospheric ozone.

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Jonathan Overpeck @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

A global view from Michigan - an unprecedented El Niño is on the way. Be careful. "I do want to push back on the idea that we can prepare for and adapt and be ready for all of these hazards, even in the wealthiest countries. We can’t." lsa.umich.edu/lsa/news-eve...

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What to Expect from the 2026-27 Super El Niño | U-M LSA U-M College of LSA

Five questions with Julia Cole, chair of the U-M Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences and lead author of a new study about the growing intensity of El Niños.

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Christian Stöcker @christianstoecker.de · 06/10/2026

Irgendwann sollte doch auch der deutschen Industrie dämmern, dass Katherina Reiche nicht ihre Interessen (sinkende Strompreise, perspektivisch Schutz vor fossilen Preisschocks) vertritt. Auch nicht die der Steuerzahler und Stromkunden. Sondern andere.

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Brief an den Kanzler: Günther beschwert sich bei Merz über Reiches EEG-Pläne

Wirtschaftsministerin Reiche will den Ausbau der erneuerbaren Energien in Deutschland neu ordnen. Doch an den Plänen gibt es harsche Kritik – jetzt auch von einem prominenten Parteikollegen.

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Claudia Kemfert @ckemfert.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Heute in Berlin: „Economics of a livable planet“ bei #LivingWithinPlanetaryBoundaries – mit Stanislav Shmelev, Anna Valero, Subhra Bhattacharjee, Matthias Schmelzer & Richard Damania. Wohlstand innerhalb planetarer Grenzen braucht mehr als Effizienz. @umweltrat.bsky.social

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Stefan Urbat @stefanurb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Still rooting for Annie Kritcher getting one day the physics nobel prize 🏆 for cracking the Lawson criterion in nuclear fusion by her innovative Laser target 🎯 design at NIF

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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/10/2026

The LOVELY people at Klimakultur had me in to write about the unfathomable amount of death and destruction that can still be avoided if Norway + Equinor decide to allow a wind down of fossil fuel production A lot to lose here....but we are already saving lives!!! www.klimakultur.no/nyheter/esti...

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Tadzio Mueller @tadziomueller.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I know we shouldn't respond to Trump's constant rhetorical escalations, but this one's beyond: Trump "suggested Iran could 'take out' Los Angeles and San Diego – two liberal cities in the blue state". The President suggesting that a foreign power ought to launch an attack on US soil... 😵‍💫

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Trump suggests he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego

Gavin Newsom calls comments ‘deranged and dangerous’ after president tells Nebraska rally: ‘They can take out a city’

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Stefan Urbat @stefanurb.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Ja, einfach sich nicht unnötig an der Selbstzerstörung unserer Zivilisation beteiligen, eine völlig nachvollziehbare Haltung

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Niklas Höhne @niklashoehne.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Pre-COP in Fidschi: Kleininselstaaten könnten bald untergehen. Präsidentschaft Australien und Türkei setzen auf Elektrifizierung und weniger auf Ausstieg aus fossilen Energien. Trotz langsamer Diplomatie schreiten Erneuerbare und Elektro voran. Interview: www.deutschlandfunk.de/klimakonfere...

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Klimakonferenz: harte Vorverhandlung in Fidschi, Intv. Niklas Höhne

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Reinhard Steurer @steurer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Es geht nicht mehr primär um Wirkung. Es geht um Haltung.

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Jonathan Overpeck @greatlakespecktwo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Time for Big Oil to start paying for the huge damages they cause: “You break it, you fix it. Why shouldn’t that apply to fossil fuel companies whose products have ruptured the climate?” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/06/o...

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Opinion | The Science That Has Oil Companies Running Scared

However the U.S. Supreme Court rules, the work of holding oil companies accountable for climate change has a bright future.

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Tadzio Mueller @tadziomueller.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#Kollaps News: "Rechtsextremer AfD-Politiker Tobias Rausch ist Landtagspräsident von Sachsen-Anhalt" Der #Faschismus ist sowohl Symptom, als auch Resultat des globalen ökol. & gesellschaftlichen Kollaps. Im Schnitt wird er deshalb immer stärker werden.

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(S+) Sachsen-Anhalt - Magdeburg: So läuft die erste Sitzung im neuen Landtag

35 Jahre jung und nun Landtagspräsident von Sachsen-Anhalt: Der AfD-Mann Tobias Rausch ist von einer Mehrheit gewählt, auch Abgeordnete anderer Parteien stimmten für den rechtsextremen Politiker. Die ...

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