Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Trump Wants Venezuela’s Oil. Getting It Might Not Be So Simple

   Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:25:38 -0000

   The administration has made it clear that Nicolás Maduro's capture was tied to Venezuela’s vast oil reserves. Much less certain is how US companies …

2. ‘Pushed to the limit’: Europe’s ski resorts face climate change threat - which country has it worst?

   Sun, 04 Jan 2026 07:03:59 -0000

   Higher temperatures and a lack of snow are forcing Europe's ski resorts to rethink their business model. With only a few weeks to go until the opening …

3. Increased pesticide use in Illinois is killing native oaks

   Mon, 05 Jan 2026 13:00:00 -0000

   While nearly the same amount of corn and soybean acres have been planted every year since the mid-1990s, the use of pesticides in Illinois has …

4. The sustainable mobility transition is not equitable. Here are three CEOs trying to close the gap

   Sat, 03 Jan 2026 17:53:44 -0000

   Road mobility accounts for about a quarter of global energy-related carbon emissions and is increasing, so its decarbonization is critical for global …

5. Here's What That Little Sphere On The Top Of Your Dashboard Is For

   Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:25:00 -0000

   Have you ever noticed that little dome-like structure on top of your dashboard, sitting quietly in its own corner, unlike the many distracting doo …

6. China unveils the world's most powerful hypergravity machine that generates 1,900 times Earth's gravity

   Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:58:00 -0000

   What just happened? Deep beneath Zhejiang University in eastern China, scientists have switched on what is now the world's most powerful hypergravity …

7. Health Care Providers Are Dropping a Common Anesthesia Drug That’s Also a Climate Super Pollutant

   Mon, 05 Jan 2026 09:55:00 -0000

   Limiting use of desflurane helps hospitals reduce their greenhouse gas emissions; the European Union now prohibits its use during most …

8. I grew up in the world’s coldest city without central heating. Here’s what the world can learn from us

   Tue, 30 Dec 2025 09:52:46 -0000

   On winter mornings in Harbin, where the air outside could freeze your eyelashes, I would wake up on a bed of warm earth. Harbin, where I grew up, is …

9. A Study Is Retracted, Renewing Concerns About the Weedkiller Roundup

   Fri, 02 Jan 2026 16:00:15 -0000

   Problems with a 25-year-old landmark paper on the safety of Roundup’s active ingredient, glyphosate, have led to calls for the E.P.A. to reassess the widely used chemical. In 2000, a landmark study claimed to set the record straight on glyphosate, a contentious weedkiller used on hundreds of …

10. Trump wants U.S. oil companies in Venezuela. Here's what to know

    Sun, 04 Jan 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    Hours after the U.S. military captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro, President Trump made it clear that the U.S. operation is about — at least …

11. Experts issue warning as devastating conditions threaten US farms: 'This could get much worse'

    Sun, 04 Jan 2026 01:45:00 -0000

    After a hurricane-free season, many Floridians felt relieved to avoid evacuations and storm damage. But for farmers across the state, the lack of …

12. As Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities

    Fri, 02 Jan 2026 14:32:46 -0000

    Electricity bills for millions of utility customers are skyrocketing across the U.S. while the number of households facing extreme utility debt is …

13. Vox staff predictions for 2026: What to expect next year

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 17:26:16 -0000

    From the state of democracy to the chance of a recession, here’s what could happen in 2026. For the seventh year in a row, the Future Perfect staff — plus assorted other experts from around Vox — convened near the end of the year to make forecasts about major events in 2026. Perhaps in keeping with …

14. Despite Trump-era reversals, 2025 still saw environmental wins. Here are 7 worth noting.

    Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Environmental advocates notched key wins at local and state levels this year — despite the Trump administration’s rollbacks. This story was originally …

15. Missing Robot In The Antarctic Returned With Terrifying Data

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 22:27:57 -0000

    An Australian national science agency called CSIRO launched an experiment in Antarctica that went terribly wrong — in a way that ended up going …

16. Scientists raise concern as new findings surface about eerie global phenomenon: '[We] can't afford to ignore'

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 03:00:00 -0000

    The United Kingdom has not done enough to prepare for the impact of rising temperatures, and a study has shed light on the worst-case scenarios the …

17. Massive bluefin tuna fetches record $3.2 million at Tokyo auction

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:20:44 -0000

    A massive 535-pound bluefin tuna sold for a record 510 million yen ($3.2 million) at the first auction of 2026 at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market. The top …

18. Trump Trolled for Bird-Brained Error in Anti-Windmill Post

    Wed, 31 Dec 2025 06:59:51 -0000

    The president couldn’t bother to find an image of a bald eagle—or even a bird in America. President Donald Trump was apparently too blinded by his …

19. Research ties China's smog clean-up to hotter and drier conditions in Australia

    Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:59:08 -0000

    Just weeks before the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Chinese authorities restricted half of all private cars from the city's roads, alternating daily bans …

20. Physicists Finally Solved One Of The Biggest Mysteries About Fusion Energy

    Thu, 01 Jan 2026 09:25:29 -0000

    Nuclear fusion is deemed the next big thing in the field of energy harvesting for humanity, but creating a reactor that can achieve continuous …

21. China's Largest Solar Farm Is Doing A Lot More Than Generating Energy

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 15:45:00 -0000

    The world's largest cluster of solar farms can be found in Qinghai, China, high on the remote Tibetan Plateau. It's far bigger than the USA's largest …

22. A “Call to Action” in the Fight Against Plastic Pollution

    Sun, 04 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Plastic is ubiquitous in our modern society. It offers fleeting convenience, but at enormous cost to our health and the planet. As plastic production …

23. Experts sound alarm as 'unprecedented' phenomenon unfolds across US: 'We're closer to the edge ... than we realize'

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 02:45:00 -0000

    Snow droughts in Utah could impact how much water is available in 2026. What's happening? Utah tends to get an average of 275 inches of snow a year, …

24. 5 Climate-Proof Home Upgrades That Turned Homes Into Survival Shelters

    Sat, 03 Jan 2026 18:20:16 -0000

    The climate crisis has shifted from distant concern to an urgent force redefining how you think about shelter. In this new reality, luxury aligns …

25. Nearly every corn seed planted in Colorado is covered in insecticide. Lawmakers may restrict the chemical

    Fri, 02 Jan 2026 23:34:51 -0000

    DENVER - Colorado farmers plant tens of millions of corn seeds every year, nearly every one of them covered in a thin layer of insecticide. The …

26. Glaciers melting from climate change may reawaken the world’s most dangerous volcanoes

    Tue, 30 Dec 2025 16:20:10 -0000

    A powerful swarm of earthquakes in January suggested one of Iceland’s giant “ice volcanoes” may be awakening after a decade of slumber. In the months that followed, more earthquakes have rocked the ground. They are a sign that hot, viscous magma is flowing to the roots of Bardarbunga, which lies …

27. GOP lawmakers’ power transfers are reshaping North Carolina

    Thu, 01 Jan 2026 11:00:09 -0000

    North Carolina voters have chosen Democrats in three straight elections for governor; the state’s Republican-led legislature has countered by siphoning off some of the powers that traditionally came with the job. These power grabs have had a profound effect on both democracy in the state and on the …

28. Why plastic bans aren't working and what needs to change

    Thu, 01 Jan 2026 20:56:06 -0000

    Four years after Germany phased out light plastic bags, how has the EU addressed plastic waste? And why do single-use items still pile up in takeaway …

29. Carl Sagan wrote a book that predicted the America of today 31 years ago

    Sun, 04 Jan 2026 11:23:11 -0000

    He talked about climate change, a society full of division, mistrust and authoritarian leadership. Global warming, climate change, a crashing economy, …

30. Why We're Saying Goodbye to the Outdated 66°F Heating Rule

    Mon, 05 Jan 2026 11:30:02 -0000

    Our Solved Editor tested the new heating standard advice from the World Health Organization in my own home