Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Science News of the Day: Brazil's drying aquifers and social media ban for kids

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:58:33 -0000

    New research indicates that several of Brazil's vital aquifers are failing to replenish. Meanwhile, Live Science spoke with experts regarding proposed national bans on social media accounts for young people, and the James Webb Space Telescope has discovered the oldest dual black hole system observed to date.

  2. Dried up creeks and missing waterfalls: What I found on a trip to Austria’s most famous gorge

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:02:38 -0000

    Heatwaves and lack of winter snow and summer rain have dried up the waterfalls in the Bärenschützklamm. A day out at Austria's most famous gorge, the …

  3. Billions of sea stars have died. A Northwest tribe is trying to save the species

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    On a spring morning so blustery that the National Weather Service issued a small craft advisory, a Samish Indian Nation research boat, called the Chinook (Yómech), set out from Anacortes, Washington, just east of the San Juan Islands. A team of divers crammed into the cabin as the small craft …

  4. Europe's scorched landscapes seen from space after summer heatwaves

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:01:13 -0000

    The impact of this summer's extreme temperatures on western Europe can now be seen from space after successive heatwaves since May. Satellite images examined by BBC Verify show shrunken glaciers, scorched areas left by wildfires, green fields turned arid and lower river levels. And some landmarks …

  5. New satellite images show Europe’s disappearing rivers due to drought

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:46:22 -0000

    Half of Europe’s land is experiencing drought, impacting river levels across the continent. Drought conditions have worsened across Central and Western Europe since the start of the summer with southern England, northern Italy and parts of Central Europe among the hardest-hit areas, according to the …

  6. California tackles multiple wildfires as firefighter workforce faces strain

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:40:48 -0000

    The federal wildland firefighting workforce, faced with low pay and cost of living issues, copes with Trump-era cuts. Firefighters in the western United States and Canada are working to contain multiple wildfires, including one that erupted along California’s rugged Big Sur coastline. The state’s …

  7. China Is Opening the First Regular Cargo Route Through the Arctic

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:00:00 -0000

    Sending containerships through northern passage now makes financial sense because of high oil prices and climate change Shipping cargo through an Arctic shortcut never made economic sense—until now. Climate change and war in the Middle East are flipping the math that previously kept ships plying …

  8. Controversial Hunter Valley coal mine granted six-year extension

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 02:27:45 -0000

    A major New South Wales coal mine has been given a lifeline by the state government, four months before it was due to close. Mining approvals for MACH …

  9. NASA Sees Early Signs El Niño Could Impact US Fish Supply

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:16:29 -0000

    Satellite observations from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are showing early signs that El Niño is already altering marine …

  10. South Africa is overlooking solar technology that can keep generating electricity after sunset

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:17:57 -0000

    South Africa’s coal-fired power stations are retiring. The country must replace a huge amount of electricity over the next two decades. Currently, …

  11. Climate Changemakers: Four things you can do to help butterflies and bees

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    Last month, a new All-Ireland Pollinator Plan 2026-2030 was launched, with the aim of arresting the decline in Ireland’s pollinator insects such as …

  12. ‘Climate Emergency’ Scepticism In Eight Charts - Analysis - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 00:23:36 -0000

    Key Takeaways The essay argues that media and official climate narratives systematically amplify high-end risks and natural disasters while …

  13. The Country The Headlines Never Fully Explain - OpEd - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 22:13:48 -0000

    Key Takeaways On its 79th Independence Day, Pakistan is portrayed as a state that has repeatedly endured overlapping security, economic, displacement …

  14. The right is wrong about climate change | Mihail Evans | The Critic Magazine

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 01:00:09 -0000

    I am old enough to remember Auberon Waugh in the late 1980s pooh-poohing doom-mongers — among the most prominent of whom at the time was Mrs Thatcher …

  15. More Renewables Lead To Lower Demand For Methane In Europe

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 01:09:56 -0000

    There’s a line in a Bruce Springsteen song that goes like this: “Foreman says these jobs are going, and they ain’t comin’ back.” Something similar is …

  16. Trump Wants to Cut Taxes for the Rich. Again.

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    If he thinks it’s a good midterm strategy, he’s wrong. It’s election time, so the White House, according to Bloomberg’s Katy O’Donnell and Caitlin …

  17. Burnham announces £65m funding boost for drought-hit farmers

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:14:51 -0000

    The prime minister has announced a £65 million funding boost for farmers to help the industry cope with the ongoing drought. The announcement follows …

  18. How to climate-proof your garden: The plant swaps I'll be making for next summer

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0000

    The summer weather has been unprecedented, and gardeners everywhere are disheartened by the state of their yards as they look out onto wilting leaves …

  19. Belgium battles record wildfire as hundreds evacuated

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:49:30 -0000

    A rapidly spreading wildfire in the High Fens nature reserve near Belgium's border with Germany has scorched around 2,700 hectares and forced …

  20. Hammer time: Rare hammerhead shark gives Malibu pier fishermen a shock

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:24:01 -0000

    A hammerhead shark paid a rare visit to the Southern California coast this week in what is likely a predictable outcome of unusually warm ocean temperatures. Fisherman Ariel Kohanchi was out around noon Thursday on the Malibu Pier for the first time in about a month, according to a video he …

  21. In Australia, a Home Battery Boom Has Helped Cut Wholesale Power Prices in Half

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:58:00 -0000

    A little more than one year ago, Australia rolled out a program to heavily subsidize home batteries, part of a larger effort to make use of the huge …

  22. ‘Excellent profit’: Meet the Bavarian hop farmer securing his harvest and income with solar 'hats'

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:02:14 -0000

    No rain, no hops – no hops, no beer. Climate change, heat and dry farmland are hitting Bavaria’s key crop. Could solar panels save it? A wave of farm …

  23. Droughts And Floods Attract Little Media Attention - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:51:57 -0000

    Key Takeaways Cross-border media coverage of natural disasters is driven mainly by three factors: dramatic visual imagery (e.g., earthquakes, fires, …

  24. News Wrap: Record-breaking heat wave grips Europe

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:50:43 -0000

    In our news wrap Friday, a heat wave is breaking records across Europe, record-breaking rainfall triggered flooding across several cities in Japan, …

  25. Europe battles wave of wildfires amid intense heat

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 08:06:16 -0000

    Wildfires across Croatia, Britain, France and Greece have forced more evacuations and injured residents as a new heat wave grips the continent. As …

  26. Abandoned Russian tanker leaking oil off Oman coast, threatening environmental disaster

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 20:51:56 -0000

    A Russian tanker carrying millions of gallons of oil has run aground off the coast of Oman — and now risks breaking apart, potentially causing an …

  27. TalkTV Presenter Found Guilty of Assaulting Climate Protester

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:00:43 -0000

    André Walker slammed his fist and swore when he heard the guilty verdict. Rightwing news presenter André Walker has been found guilty of assault after …

  28. How $600B of Biden’s clean energy funding escaped Trump’s cuts

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 07:03:47 -0000

    A POLITICO analysis finds that while the administration wiped out hundreds of billions in clean-energy tax breaks, spending has been harder to unwind. President Donald Trump has spent more than 18 months demolishing Joe Biden’s expansive green agenda. Yet pieces of the former president’s would-be …

  29. Fox Hits Trump with Crushing Polls—and Wrecks Fox’s Own Pro-Trump Spin

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 10:31:31 -0000

    Even Fox News is finding that Democratic Senate candidates are running ahead of their party brand in many places, while Trump is an albatross for …

  30. People are betting on wildfires on Polymarket. What could go wrong?

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:35:00 -0000

    Lawmakers are warning that predictions markets could make a bad wildfire season worse. This story appeared in Today, Explained, a daily newsletter that helps you understand the most compelling news and stories of the day. Subscribe here. The 2026 wildfire season on the West Coast is shaping up to be …