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For their first short story collection, "The Wildcraft Drones," author T.K. Rex assembled a collection of sci-fi cli-fi solarpunk stories all set on the same fictional world. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-wildcraft-drones-author-t-k-rex/
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Paul Semel 1d ago

For their first short story collection, "The Wildcraft Drones," author T.K. Rex assembled a collection of sci-fi cli-fi solarpunk stories all set on the same fictional world. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-wildcraft-drones-author-t-k-rex/
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MineEyesDazzle 4d ago

Radical Possibility: How Climate Fiction Can Create Better Futures Wednesday, June 10th 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM CDT on Zoom #Grist #CliFi #ClimateFiction #HopeCore #HopePunk #books #stories #ImaginingPossibilities #ImaginingTheFuture #libraries #librarians #librarianship https://luma.com/19l5xgr9

Radical Possibility: How Climate Fiction Can Create Better Futures · Zoom · Luma

In an era defined by democratic backsliding, climate crisis, disinformation, fear-mongering, and the normalization of cruelty, speculative climate fiction…

TinJar May 24

In these times of despair, here is a hopeful story - “A New Faith”.

Available to read online or download (EPUB and PDF) for free at: https://tinjar.ghost.io/a-new-faith

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A New Faith <genre: hopeful climate fiction>

Sequoia, a city of climate refugees, has to decide whether to thrive in a future built from scratch or to barely survive because it cannot let go of its past.

TinJar

Queer Sci Fi May 22

D. M. Kannapan has a new YA fantasy cli-fi book out: Fire’s Ally.

For most of her life, Eleg has been obsessed with the eerie, persistent, wildfire claiming parts of her home. No amount of rain seems to be able to put it out.

She belongs to a gentle, bookish society, and her people have been fighting the fire back for decades...

https://www.queerscifi.com/new-release-fires-ally-d-m-kannapan/

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TinJar May 21

open.substack.com/pub/dralicee... 1/ A few negative characters in "A New Faith" are Muslim men and I was asked whether this was some form of bias on my part. It wasn't. #booksky #books #book #hopepunk #solarpunk #climate #detective #mystery #thriller #novel #fiction #migration #clifi #scifi

The Global Islamic Revival - K...

The Global Islamic Revival - Key Graphs

The Global Islamic Revival represents one of the most significant sociopolitical transformations of the past half-century. Muslims increasingly came to disavow secular or syncretic customs, instead studying scripture, abiding by the Quran, maintaining gender segregation and condemning deviation.

The Great Gender Divergence

Carwil Bjork-James May 19

Breezing through the otherwise quite thoughtful bit of small-scale climate prophecy by Naomi Oreskes and Erik Conway, I'm struck by (and not sure how to get past) the casual way Africa and Australia are totally destroyed in this brief mention on the last page of the imagined history.

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Daniel Khent May 13

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

Daniel Khent May 10

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/

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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

Paul Semel May 6

Finished reading Samuel Fisher's "Migraine."
https://amzn.to/3QW9eQQ
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Well, that was bleak. In a good way, yes. But still: bleak.
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