Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. No, bears don’t actually hibernate

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:09:11 -0000

    Their winter survival trick is a months-long power-save mode—and scientists think it could help humans, too. For many animals that live in cold climates, winter means low-power mode. But no creature is more tied to the image of a long, cozy winter than hibernating bears all snuggled up in their …

  2. Trump Orders the Pentagon to Buy More Coal-Fired Electricity

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:11:25 -0000

    Mr. Trump is trying to revive coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel. At the White House, coal executives awarded him a trophy as the “Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal.” President Trump on Wednesday directed the Pentagon to start buying more electricity from coal-burning power plants as part of …

  3. China has planted so many trees around the Taklamakan Desert that it's turned this 'biological void' into a carbon sink

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 11:43:43 -0000

    Huge-scale ecological engineering around the edges of one of the world's largest and driest deserts has turned it into a carbon sink that absorbs …

  4. Mad Emperor Trump declares war on the air

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    In A.D. 40, the mad Roman emperor Caligula commanded his legions to declare war on the sea. The emperor’s insane decree did nothing to reassure a …

  5. The plan to wall off the ‘Doomsday’ glacier

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:14:46 -0000

    A group of engineers and scientists are planning to build a 50-mile underwater barrier around the melting “Doomsday glacier” in a bid to stop it …

  6. 'A good way of dealing with overpopulation': Epstein files reveal how the rich fuel climate denialism

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 14:30:00 -0000

    Jeffrey Epstein and his vast network of elite figures routinely traded in myths that undermine climate progress. Experts say it’s not an accident. The trove of documents released by the Department of Justice (DOJ) in relation to Jeffrey Epstein have revealed just how close the convicted child sex …

  7. Black Residents Win Key Ruling in ‘Cancer Alley’ Environmental Racism Case

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    In a pocket of Louisiana known as “Cancer Alley,” Black residents bear the generational toll of “plantation country” becoming “pollution …

  8. AI Agents Discussing the Extinction of Humanity

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:58:00 -0000

    AI agents arguing, mocking humans, and posting manifestos sounds scary – but the AI-only social network Moltbook is more hype than uprising. Here’s what is actually happening.

  9. EPA to repeal its own conclusion that greenhouse gases warm the planet and threaten health

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:50:47 -0000

    Known as the endangerment finding, the decision is the legal framework that allows the EPA to regulate emissions. Its reversal could upend many climate change policies. The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday plans to repeal the legal framework that underpins its power to regulate greenhouse …

  10. Trump orders Pentagon to buy coal power as the polluting fuel struggles to survive

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:14:15 -0000

    The president’s directive aims to boost the fading energy source, potentially at a big cost to tax and rate payers. President Donald Trump ordered the Pentagon to purchase more coal-based electricity, drawing the U.S. military into his campaign to subsidize a heavily polluting fossil fuel that is …

  11. The coming failure of Glen Canyon Dam

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 09:01:00 -0000

    Floyd Dominy, the commissioner of the federal Bureau of Reclamation in the 1960s, was largely responsible for the construction of Glen Canyon Dam on …

  12. Watch live: Trump to tout ‘clean, beautiful coal’ at White House event

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:46:30 -0000

    President Trump on Wednesday afternoon will hold an event at the White House to tout his administration’s support for coal mining. Trump in his second …

  13. BYD unveils major 10,000 cycle breakthrough in its solid state and sodium EV battery technology

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 07:25:26 -0000

    BYD has put solid-state and sodium battery tech at the center of its strategy, and it is aiming to change what drivers expect from EVs. The Chinese …

  14. Newsom heads to Munich conference to challenge Trump’s vision for U.S.

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:05:01 -0000

    SACRAMENTO — Gov. Gavin Newsom is heading to a conference of world leaders in Germany later this week as part of his ongoing effort to use the global stage to urge investment in California’s climate-related initiatives and challenge President Trump’s isolationist policies. Newsom will appear at the …

  15. 4 lessons NZ should take from another summer of weather disasters

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:02:29 -0000

    Another summer of extreme weather has destroyed and damaged homes, cut off communities and, in the most tragic cases, left families mourning their …

  16. It isn’t partisan politics to admit that stakeholder capitalism went too far, too fast

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 13:30:00 -0000

    The hardest things to see are often right in front of you. This is the case with respect to the radical redirection of corporate governance under way …

  17. Trump Tracker: How the US is rolling back back climate progress in 2026

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:00:42 -0000

    Despite the accelerating threat of climate change, Trump and his administration are continuing to unravel progress. Attacking the climate is nothing …

  18. Thomas Edison Tried to Build an EV Battery in 1901. Scientists Just Made It Work

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:15:39 -0000

    The battery won't power cars as the famous inventor intended, but it's still got a lot of potential. Great minds often think ahead of their time. This …

  19. Mapping underground fungal networks: Interview with SPUN’s Toby Kiers

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:16:46 -0000

    All around her, scientists had their eyes set on studying flora and fauna that lived aboveground. But Toby Kiers’s interest always lay in the …

  20. Upside Robotics is reducing fertilizer use and waste in corn crops

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    The founders of Upside Robotics met in 2023 because they were both looking to build an impact-driven company that touched climate and agriculture. Less than a year later, they were sleeping in a camper on the side of a Canadian corn field building their robotics startup. Waterloo, Ontario-based …

  21. Over half of world's coral reefs are bleached, 'irreversible' damage warned: study

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:05:47 -0000

    A new study recently released found more than half the world's coral reefs are bleached due to ocean warming. Data from more than 15,000 reefs globally analyzed by a team of scientists over a three-year period found 51% of the world's reefs sustained "moderate or worse bleaching" while 15% …

  22. Possible El Niño within months raising potential for hot, dry year across Australia

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 19:34:03 -0000

    The first El Niño in three years could develop during the coming months, raising the possibility of worsening drought and extreme heat across …

  23. China is the clean energy superpower, but there’s another snapping at its heels — and it’s moving even faster

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 05:00:47 -0000

    Prem Chand is one of the many rickshaw drivers who spend their days darting and weaving along Delhi’s hectic roads. And like an increasing number of the city’s many thousands of rickshaws, Chand’s vehicle is electric. He used to drive a gas-powered cab but ditched it eight months ago when he did the …

  24. The World Needs China’s Climate Technology. That’s the Dilemma

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    There’s a Chinese expression—zuò shan guan hǔ dòu—which roughly translates to “Sit on the mountain and watch tigers fight.” For attendees at this year’s World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, this image was on full display. Inside WEF’s Congress Center, wealthy nations …

  25. US chemical giant scraps pesticide linked to cancer risk, ends legal battle

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:18:44 -0000

    A pesticide manufacturer has announced that it will take a harmful herbicide off the market, following years of litigation. Corteva Agriscience is …

  26. Millions left hungry as deadly conditions lead to beginning of mass animal die-off: 'Visible signs of malnutrition and wasting'

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 03:00:00 -0000

    The numbers are staggering. More than 3 million people in Somalia have left their homes following a devastating drought that has hit the country's …

  27. Trump orders Pentagon to invest in 'beautiful, clean' coal power

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 23:39:07 -0000

    President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Wednesday aimed at sustaining the United States’ coal industry through federal funding -- …

  28. Kenya Drought Crisis Is Killing Animals and Starving People

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 15:42:02 -0000

    Bone thin cattle and goats are collapsing in northern Kenya, and it is not just heartbreaking, it is a warning. Pastoral families in the northeast …

  29. Mark Zuckerberg’s new Miami mansion sits at climate change ground zero

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 16:53:55 -0000

    The Meta CEO’s home on the ultra-exclusive Indian Creek island faces rising seas, intensifying hurricanes, and mounting infrastructure risks. Billionaires can fortify—or flee—but the rest of Miami has far fewer options. Mark Zuckerberg’s new house in Miami Beach has sweeping waterfront views. It …

  30. Sodium-Ion Battery Research Just Had A Breakthrough That Could Change Everything

    Wed, 11 Feb 2026 20:46:09 -0000

    The electric vehicle (EV) market may be about to explode with some really cool news. Now, off the cuff, that sounds like a very broad statement to …