Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Florida’s Home Insurance Crisis Causes Collapse In Prices

   Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:15:00 -0000

   Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief at Climate Crisis, outlines Florida’s growing home insurance crisis. With some areas seeing 5% of homes deemed …

2. Scientists make troubling discovery while researching alligators in the Florida Everglades: 'We need to get ready'

   Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:38:41 -0000

   Florida biologists are closely monitoring how alligators in the Everglades are responding to rising global temperatures, and they're concerned about …

3. Experts Raise The Alarm About Incoming Massive Volcanic Eruption: “Humanity Does Not Have Any Plan”

   Wed, 25 Dec 2024 09:31:02 -0000

   Scientists are raising the alarm about a massive volcanic eruption that is looming on the horizon. Warnings revealed that there is a one-in-six chance …

4. Trump policies will 'hurt the red states he wants to protect': expert

   Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:57:59 -0000

   Donald Trump has promised to cut energy costs, but an expert said some of his policies might end up hurting his own supporters. The price of natural …

5. The bird at the center of the worst single-species mortality event in modern history isn’t recovering, scientists say

   Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:48:34 -0000

   CNN — A marine heat wave has killed approximately half of Alaska’s common murre population, marking the largest recorded die-off of a single species in modern history, research has found. The catastrophic loss points to broader changes in marine environments driven by warming ocean temperatures, …

6. Carnian Pluvial Event: When It Rained for a Million Years

   Wed, 25 Dec 2024 18:30:41 -0000

   In places such as the Pacific Northwest, it seems like it's always raining. But did you know there was a time on Earth were rain poured for over a million years? This episode is known as the Carnian pluvial event (CPE). Thought to have been triggered by unique, volatile conditions, it took place …

7. NASA spacecraft just plunged into the sun and broke stunning records

   Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:00:22 -0000

   "It's the fastest human-made object ever." Early on Christmas Eve in 2024, a NASA craft swooped at blazing speed through the sun's atmosphere. The Parker Solar Probe, equipped with a robust heat shield, made the closest-ever approach to our dynamic star, coming some 3.8 million miles (6.1 million …

8. Nepal’s Mountain Communities Contemplate the End of ‘Himalayan Gold’

   Tue, 24 Dec 2024 12:35:00 -0000

   Over-picking and climate change threaten the future of yartsa gunbu and the communities that have come to rely on income generated by the lucrative …

9. Biden signs last-minute ban on gasoline-powered vehicles

   Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:43:38 -0000

   Gavin Newsom will now decide what kind of car you’re allowed to drive. The Environmental Protection Agency last week granted California’s Democratic …

10. Baby mammoth preserved for 50,000 years is unveiled in Russia's Siberia

    Thu, 26 Dec 2024 15:30:00 -0000

    MOSCOW — The 50,000-year-old remains of a baby mammoth uncovered by melting permafrost were unveiled to the public by researchers, who call it the …

11. Biden Admin Invoked ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ To Cut Alaska Drilling, But Some Tribal Leaders Are Ready For Trump

    Thu, 26 Dec 2024 14:14:09 -0000

    The Biden administration justified major crackdowns on fossil fuel and mineral development in Alaska by playing up its commitment to Native American …

12. Why does Trump want the US to buy Greenland? Could it happen?

    Mon, 23 Dec 2024 22:50:07 -0000

    If President-elect Donald Trump’s assertion that the United States should have control of Greenland sounds familiar, that’s because he’s said it …

13. ‘Like going to the moon’: Why this is the world’s most terrifying ocean crossing

    Mon, 23 Dec 2024 20:12:55 -0000

    CNN — It’s the body of water that instils fear and inspires sailors in equal measure. Six hundred miles of open sea, and some of the roughest conditions on the planet – with an equally inhospitable land of snow and ice awaiting you at the end of it. “The most dreaded bit of ocean on the globe – and …

14. Trump: ‘Explosive’ Trees Are Causing Disastrous Wildfires

    Tue, 24 Dec 2024 02:06:27 -0000

    Trump Warns That ‘Explosive’ Trees Are Causing Disastrous Wildfires ‘LIKE A MATCH STICK’ “There is no more water pouring through them. They just …

15. The U.P. ditched coal power before the rest of Michigan. What comes next?

    Thu, 26 Dec 2024 11:00:00 -0000

    Michigan’s Upper Peninsula ditched burning coal as a means of generating electricity in 2019, some 13 years before the rest of the state is expected …

16. Biden’s Lawfare by Other Means

    Wed, 25 Dec 2024 17:35:44 -0000

    Hawaii aims to punish out-of-state companies for national — indeed international — temperature changes. Biden’s Justice Department is aiding …

17. Haunting video from NASA and ESA shows Greenland losing 563 cubic miles of ice in under 30 seconds

    Tue, 24 Dec 2024 15:13:11 -0000

    We all know (hopefully) that warming temperatures is driving ice loss. But seeing it makes it all the more disturbing. Don’t get me wrong, the …

18. US Wants Panama Canal Amid $100 Million Climate Change Lose

    Wed, 25 Dec 2024 13:34:00 -0000

    Douglas McIntyre, Editor-in-Chief of Climate Crisis, discusses President-elect Trump’s interest in reclaiming the Panama Canal, which the U.S. …

19. A turbulent year on the Colorado River comes to a close

    Thu, 26 Dec 2024 13:00:00 -0000

    Disagreement, bickering, and uncertainty defined 2024 for the Southwest's shrinking water supply.

20. Earth's Massive 'Gateway to Hell' Has Tripled in Size in 30 years and is Now Visible from Space

    Wed, 25 Dec 2024 08:59:06 -0000

    In the remote reaches of Siberia lies a gaping chasm that locals have ominously dubbed the “Gateway to Hell.” This colossal megaslump, officially …

21. Could planting trees in the Arctic solve global warming? Surprising answer!

    Thu, 26 Dec 2024 23:07:00 -0000

    Tree planting has been championed globally as a cost-effective strategy to mitigate climate change. Trees are celebrated for their ability to absorb …

22. Hochul signs law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for natural disaster cleanup

    Thu, 26 Dec 2024 18:31:19 -0000

    New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) on Thursday signed a law that will require companies responsible for large amounts of planet-warming pollution to …

23. The World’s 10th Largest Economy Just Signed on to Make Climate Polluters Pay

    Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:17:48 -0000

    The great question for people who care about the climate is: what now? How do we proceed with the most important fight in the world, when the most …

24. Tucson books of the year

    Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:24:49 -0000

    Tucson has long been a book town, and 2024 saw its share of outstanding work by the authors who make their home here or write about our corner of the …

25. 24 Maps That Explain the World in a Whole New Way

    Mon, 23 Dec 2024 18:15:00 -0000

    Maps are for more than just finding a country in the middle of Southeast Asia – they can tell you about how a country, or even a region is doing in …

26. Five signs our country isn't lost

    Thu, 26 Dec 2024 19:00:00 -0000

    On the one hand, there’s no sugarcoating how progressives feel at the close of 2024: rough. Donald Trump won back the White House with a campaign that …

27. The Big Change To Earth's Atmosphere That's Causing Extreme Weather

    Wed, 25 Dec 2024 15:30:53 -0000

    Extreme weather events are becoming more and more common as the escalating effects of climate change take their toll on our planet. The eastern …

28. More hurricanes are slamming the Gulf Coast. Is this the new normal?

    Thu, 26 Dec 2024 12:00:00 -0000

    Since the turn of the century, major hurricanes hitting the U.S. have had one key feature in common. The Gulf of Mexico coastline transformed into a …

29. This European city made public transport free a year ago. Here’s what happened next

    Mon, 23 Dec 2024 05:15:41 -0000

    Montpellier introduced free public transport to combat the climate crisis and to ease the cost of living for its residents. Public transport usage in …

30. Bitcoin Is Going to Be the Nail in Our Climate Coffin

    Wed, 25 Dec 2024 04:50:13 -0000

    I realize that this article is not going to be popular with everyone. Bitcoin is a kind of tech financial fantasy, whereby many tech fans have come …