A Korean team converted CO2 directly into gasoline at pilot scale.

Circular chemistry or lifeline for the fossil economy?

#PostScarcity #CliFi #SyntheticFuels
https://techxplore.com/news/2026-05-gasoline-kilograms-day.html

Direct CO₂-to-gasoline process reaches 50 kilograms per day in pilot plant

A Korean research team has successfully developed a technology that converts carbon dioxide (CO₂) into liquid hydrocarbons such as gasoline and naphtha, achieving pilot-scale production of 50 kg per day.

Tech Xplore

The Gulf of Maine has warmed 4°F since 1982. Maine lobsters are now developing shell disease at record rates in the warmer water. The ocean is doing the pre-cooking.

https://insideclimatenews.org/news/04042026/maine-lobsters-warming-waters/

#EcologicalCollapse #CliFi

Warming Waters in the Gulf of Maine May Affect the Future of Lobsters - Inside Climate News

Researchers studying the crustacean’s early life cycles find clues that can help the fishery that depends on them plan for a warmer future.

Inside Climate News
Finished reading Samuel Fisher's "Migraine."
https://amzn.to/3QW9eQQ
📖🇬🇧❄️
Well, that was bleak. In a good way, yes. But still: bleak.
#books #reading #SpeculativeFiction #ClimateFiction #CliFi

Stelliform authors are reading & loving T. K. Rex's THE WILDCRAFT DRONES! We've started to ship books out to folks who pre-ordered today. If you haven't put your order in there is still time to get your order in and receive it before the May 21 pub date! Get it from us or your fave indie bookstore!

#TheWildcraftDrones #TKRex #solarpunk #clifi #ecofiction #rewilding #indiepub #smallpress #speculativefiction #E.G.Conde #Sordidez #MichaelJDeLuca #TheJaguarMask #SyrHayatiBeker #WhataFishLooksLike

Started reading Samuel Fisher's "Migraine."
https://amzn.to/3QW9eQQ
📖🇬🇧❄️
In which a deadly multi-year snowpocalypse ends...only to give almost everyone migraines. So, a warm and fuzzy read then...
#books #reading #SpeculativeFiction #ClimateFiction #CliFi

I just did an author interview with the magnificent Introverted Indies!
They asked me about my writing process and I answered in some detail.

If you’re curious how I turn handwritten notes into Amazon-bestselling solarpunk novels, read the interview here:

https://lucyamclarenauthor.co.uk/2026/04/29/introverted-indies-interview-fay-abernethy/

Introverted Indies:
https://www.youtube.com/@IntrovertedIndies
instagram.com/introvertedindies

#selfpublishing
#humanauthored
#indieauthors
#sciencefictionbooks
#sciencefantasy
#solarpunk
#clifi
#hopepunk
#fiction
#writing

April is Earth Day Month ~ 🌿🌍🦆 ~ Words to ponder #CliFi #hopepunk #solarpunk #lunarpunk #GreenLit
THE OVERSTORY by Richard Powers
April is Earth Day Month ~ 🌿🌍🦆 ~ Words to ponder #CliFi #hopepunk #solarpunk #lunarpunk #GreenLit
ECOTOPIA by Ernest Callenbach
April is Earth Day Month ~ 🌿🌍🦆 ~ Words to ponder #CliFi #hopepunk #solarpunk #lunarpunk #GreenLit
ISLAND by Aldous Huxley
April is Earth Day Month ~ 🌿🌍🦆 ~ Words to ponder #CliFi #hopepunk #solarpunk #lunarpunk #GreenLit
THE WEIGHT OF LIFE: A COLLECTION OF SOLAR FUTURES, eds. Joey Eschrich & Clark A. Miller