Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. When cold weather becomes a death sentence

   Sun, 08 Feb 2026 11:01:58 -0000

   As temperatures outside the DeKalb County Jail plunged into the teens, a tragedy was unfolding inside the Georgia jail. Lamar Walker was begging for help and slowly freezing to death, according to a federal lawsuit filed by his family. Walker, 34, was arrested in December 2022 on charges of …

2. 'Maybe they're waiting for something that only happens thousands of years later': The hidden life 'sleeping' deep beneath Earth for millions of years

   Sun, 08 Feb 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   Deep inside Earth lies a hidden world of "intraterrestrials" that have been dormant for hundreds of thousands of years — what are they waiting to …

3. Heat with no end: climate model sets out an unbearable future for parts of Africa

   Sun, 08 Feb 2026 07:35:53 -0000

   People often think of a heatwave as a temporary event, a brutal week of sun that eventually breaks with a cool breeze. But as the climate changes …

4. Southern Oregon Senator Revives Bill To Make Big Oil Pay For Disasters Driven By Climate Change

   Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:06:15 -0000

   A bill that would require some of the largest, most profitable oil and gas companies in history to pay damages for disasters fueled by climate change …

5. Factory Farming Water Pollution Is Poisoning U.S. Rivers

   Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:47:12 -0000

   It is easy to blame dirty water on a few bad actors, but the biggest driver is much larger than that. According to Inside Animal Ag, industrial …

6. ‘A Disaster Waiting to Happen’: How the Fracking Boom Put an Oil Field in the Guadalupe River Floodplain

   Sun, 08 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Lack of a state floodplain policy in Texas enabled oil companies to build in areas hit by an epic inundation less than 30 years ago.GONZALES, …

7. What Americans lose if their National Center for Atmospheric Research is dismantled

   Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:00:00 -0000

   Five ways dismantling NCAR will cost the American people, and two ways to save it. This article was originally published at Eos. The publication …

8. Wildfire Policy Fight Erupts Over Fix Our Forests Act

   Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:47:17 -0000

   Lawmakers agree the wildfire crisis is getting worse. But they do not agree on what will actually keep people safe. The Fix Our Forests Act passed …

9. Next-gen nuclear’s tipping point: Meta and hyperscalers start deals with Bill Gates’ TerraPower, Sam Altman-backed Oklo, and more

   Sat, 07 Feb 2026 21:42:09 -0000

   Chris Levesque spent a career in the nuclear industry as a Navy submarine operator and a commercial nuclear executive before he joined Bill Gates’ …

10. AI Is Flooding Streaming Platforms—and a Music Journalist Says We’re Losing Something Human

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    AI-generated music isn’t coming—it’s already here. Synthetic songs are quietly filling streaming platforms, blurring the line between human …

11. CLIMATE LAWFARE: Will the People's Republic of Boulder Bankrupt the Fossil Fuel Industry?

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Climate alarmism has lost at the ballot box time and time again, and last year, even Bill Gates significantly dialed down his support for it. …

12. India's climate‑resilient Kala cotton returns as a staple

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:26:00 -0000

    In Gujarat's drought-prone Kachchh district, the revival of Kala cotton offers ecological and economic hope, even as global markets and hybrid …

13. The Actual Gavin Newsom Is Much Worse Than You Think – OpEd

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 01:03:08 -0000

    California Governor Gavin Newsom has made headlines this winter by vowing to defeat a proposal for a one-time 5 percent tax on billionaires in the …

14. What’s Up With This Big Freeze? Some Scientists See Climate Change Link

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 10:03:55 -0000

    A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East. If the planet is getting warmer, why is it so cold this winter? The seeming contradiction comes up often when talking to Judah Cohen, a …

15. Overshoot: The world is hitting point of no return on climate

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    With warming set to pass the critical 1.5-degree limit, scientists are warning that the world is on course to trigger tipping points that would lead …

16. India's ancient, climate‑resilient Kala cotton makes a comeback

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:26:00 -0000

    In Gujarat's drought-prone Kachchh district, the revival of Kala cotton offers ecological and economic hope, even as global markets and hybrid varieties threaten its future.

17. Cannibalistic jellies and aggressive blue crabs: Invasive species threaten Venice’s fragile lagoon

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 06:02:54 -0000

    Venice exists in symbiosis with its surrounding brackish waters, and their health is also becoming increasingly fragile. The city of Venice and its …

18. Donald Trump's Health Unveiled

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:30:03 -0000

    In mid-October, reports of a mysterious MRI scan performed on U.S. president Donald Trump circulated news sources, but there was little information regarding the purpose of the test.

19. Trump Moves To Fast Track Nuclear Reactors By Skipping Environmental Review

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 14:47:14 -0000

    The Trump administration just carved out a new exemption that could let advanced nuclear reactors move forward without a full public environment …

20. Major stratospheric warming developing over the Arctic, ensemble data indicate a polar vortex split around February 15

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 14:23:38 -0000

    A strong stratospheric warming event is underway over the Arctic in early February 2026, rapidly weakening the Northern Hemisphere polar vortex. …

21. Ski resort CEO issues warning amid unprecedented trend in US region: 'One of the worst'

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 05:35:00 -0000

    Snowfall at one operator's ski resorts has been approximately half the 30-year historical average and has led to declining sales. What's happening? As …

22. Major arctic blast hits several states

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:49:56 -0000

    Nearly 80 million Americans are on alert for another Arctic blast and dangerously cold temperatures.

23. The Purring Predator: Why Your Pet is an Ecological Crisis

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    Quick Take While we see them as fluffy companions, domestic cats are one of the world’s most efficient killers, linked to over 60 global extinctions. This has widely contributed to “cat wars”—the tension between pet owners and conservationists—and staggering biodiversity loss occurring in our own …

24. Tech company announces 'revolutionary' EV battery that can charge in 5 minutes: 'Most disruptive announcement in the history of the electric vehicle industry'

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 07:35:00 -0000

    Finland's Donut Lab was getting a lot of attention at January's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The appeal was an electric vehicle battery …

25. How Svalbard went from from Arctic outpost to geopolitical flashpoint

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 17:02:41 -0000

    Tensions in the Arctic are putting new pressure on Svalbard, a Norwegian-administered archipelago long seen as an example of international cooperation, as climate change transforms the region and rivalry between major powers intensifies. Svalbard is often described as the fastest-warming place on …

26. The business that bet the carbon market – and lost

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 08:18:33 -0000

    Carbon credit scheme collapses. Coal snap: Koko Networks earned credits by mitigating the deforestation caused by charcoal production. Christine Mungai …

27. Turning Farm Waste Into Climate Solutions: Co-Pyrolysis Of Cotton Straw And Plastic Film Could Cut Millions Of Tons Of Emissions

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 23:49:14 -0000

    Agricultural waste is often seen as a disposal problem, but new research suggests it could be a powerful tool for climate change mitigation. A study …

28. Western ski resorts and their terrible, horrible, no snow, very bad year

    Sat, 07 Feb 2026 13:00:01 -0000

    By Jan. 4, snow cover across the West was the lowest since NASA began tracking it via satellite in 2001. Bare slopes. Closed terrain. Canceled …

29. Connecting home solar and electric vehicle batteries to the grid could boost South Africa’s clean energy and strengthen the electricity system

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 07:36:06 -0000

    South Africa has committed to reaching phasing out human-caused carbon pollution by 2050. To get there, it needs to push as much renewable energy as …

30. Coldest weekend of the winter to grip Northeast; Subzero temperatures

    Fri, 06 Feb 2026 16:44:26 -0000

    It's going to feel painfully cold to be outside — even for a few minutes in the northeastern United States this weekend. It's going to feel painfully …