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Climate Threat  Global Challenges
Scientists Dump 65,000 Liters of Lye into the Sea – for the Climate

Scientists have released 65,000 litres of sodium hydroxide into the sea off Maine in the US, in the hope of limiting the effects of climate change.

According to The Guardian, the idea is to make the sea less acidic and increase the amount of carbon dioxide that the water can absorb. Similar deacidification projects have previously been carried out in Swedish waterways.

Sodium hydroxide forms corrosive lye when dissolved in water, and the experiment has some climate advocates nervous.

Benjamin Day at the climate organization Friends of the Earth US says he is “deeply concerned” that large-scale manipulation of natural systems could have “catastrophic unforeseen consequences”.

However, Phil Renforth, an expert on carbon dioxide storage at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, believes that the climate situation is so urgent that we must be ready to experiment.

“We cannot rule anything out until we have a working solution,” he tells The Guardian.

Political situation in France
Activists confronted Macron and IAEA chief

Two Greenpeace activists approached French President Emmanuel Macron and the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Grossi, during a nuclear energy meeting, Le Figaro reports.

The activists were dressed in black suits and carried signs that read “Nuclear power = energy insecurity” and “Nuclear power fuels Russia’s war.”

One of them shouted at Macron and accused the president of buying uranium from Russia before being taken away by guards.

“We produce our own nuclear power,” Macron replied.

Trump's USA The future of the Republicans
Data: Marco Rubio the favorite when Trump asked donors about 2028

Two names top the list of possible Republican candidates in the 2028 election. Vice President JD Vance has been seen as one of the most likely, as has Secretary of State Marco Rubio, but who it will ultimately be is unclear.

On the same day that the United States launched attacks on Iran, Donald Trump is said to have asked 25 Republican donors who they want to see as a candidate in 2028. According to several sources to NBC News, the support in the room was overwhelming for Marco Rubio.

- It was almost unanimous for Marco, says one of them.

Another source, however, describes the situation as evenly divided between Vance and Rubio. Trump has openly said that Vance is the most likely heir to the Maga movement, but he has also promoted Rubio as a potentially strong Republican leader.

According to NBC News, this is not the first time Trump has openly asked his inner circle how he should approach the race to replace him. The fact that he wants to have a hand in the game indicates that he wants to play a major role in the party's future.