Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. People Who Drink Bottled Water on a Daily Basis Ingest 90,000 More Microplastic Particles Each Year

   Sun, 28 Dec 2025 06:30:00 -0000

   Drinking water in plastic bottles contains countless particles too small to see. New research finds that people who drink water from them on a daily …

2. 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 …

3. Gaza storm kills Palestinian woman as Israeli curbs on aid compound misery

   Sun, 28 Dec 2025 13:20:21 -0000

   Extreme weather leaves thousands homeless as tents collapse amid strong wind and heavy rain. A Palestinian woman in Gaza has died as a winter storm threatens the lives of nearly 900,000 Palestinians living in tents across the devastated coastal enclave. The 30-year-old, identified as Alaa Marwan …

4. Do wind power generators actually work at home? I tested one, and the results blew me away

   Sun, 28 Dec 2025 09:41:53 -0000

   When solar falls short, portable wind power like the Shine Turbine keeps devices running. ZDNET's key takeaways Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred …

5. Trump Move to Break Up Atmospheric Research Center Threatens Wildfire, Storm Predictions

   Sat, 27 Dec 2025 18:00:59 -0000

   This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. California officials and researchers across the country are sounding …

6. Beyond human loss, floods from Cyclone Ditwah devastate Sri Lanka’s wildlife

   Mon, 29 Dec 2025 04:15:29 -0000

   COLOMBO — Sri Lanka continues to grapple with the human toll of Cyclone Ditwah, which triggered devastating floods and landslides killing 650 people …

7. The Weird And Dangerous Ways Drivers Stayed Warm Before Car Heaters

   Sun, 28 Dec 2025 20:05:00 -0000

   Those who reside in states that suffer under brutal winter conditions, particularly in the north, have likely had some choice words when scraping ice …

8. Drought-Resistant Flowers That Can Survive The Driest Conditions

   Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:15:00 -0000

   We're not the only ones feeling the impacts of global warming – our gardens are, too. As temperatures get higher, we'll begin to test the drought …

9. Is butter made from carbon the future of food?

   Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:10:34 -0000

   At a factory in suburban Chicago, Savor CEO Kathleen Alexander says her company is making the future of food: butter made without any animal or farmland. It’s made by turning carbon dioxide, methane and water into fats and oils. NBC News’ Shaquille Brewster got a taste.Dec. 29, 2025

10. Voters Don’t Care about Climate Change

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:59:00 -0000

    Yale did a study of the issues most important to registered voters. Out of 29 issues, climate change ranked 28th. Douglas A. McIntyre, …

11. Why the Mississippi River Could Suddenly Reroute — and Devastate a Region

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 15:54:57 -0000

    The Mississippi River, a lifeline for millions and a symbol of American might, holds a secret beneath its rolling waters—a potential for sudden, …

12. Emma Johnston was a visionary scientist, environmentalist and leader, with an abiding hope for humanity

    Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:55:56 -0000

    Emma Johnston, the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne who has died aged 52, was a marine ecologist, a visionary leader in science and …

13. Wine Pro Thatcher Baker-Briggs on Hangovers, Cures, and Why You Should Always Bring Champagne

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:00:00 -0000

    The former sommelier and L.A. bottle shop owner also wants you to calm down about climate change—at least as it relates to your cellar. Sometimes, no …

14. Tawhid Messianic Insights In Judaism, Christianity And Islam – OpEd

    Sat, 27 Dec 2025 23:18:18 -0000

    More than 90% of the world’s population is projected to face increased risks from the compound impacts of extreme heat and drought, the widening …

15. How a company in landlocked Nebraska is helping fight plastic pollution in oceans

    Sat, 27 Dec 2025 22:40:39 -0000

    A new report from the Pew Charitable Trusts and its partners predicts that plastic pollution will more than double over the next 15 years — the …

16. Visualized: Where Do Microplastics Come From Anyway?

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:45:15 -0000

    See this visualization first on the Voronoi app. Where Do Microplastics Come From Anyway? Most people know that plastic pollution is a problem, but …

17. These Miami residents choose to live without cars. What’s it like?

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0000

    Driving in Miami-Dade is something that just about everyone will agree is frustrating — with bumper-to-bumper traffic jams, last-minute merges and …

18. Why Clean Coal Is A Myth

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 23:40:28 -0000

    While some policymakers support "clean coal," coal can never be clean. It is harmful to both people and the planet. Here are a dozen reasons why. Coal …

19. Where a Saudi company pumps desert groundwater, Arizona considers imposing limits

    Sat, 27 Dec 2025 11:00:00 -0000

    VICKSBURG, Ariz. — Lush green fields of alfalfa spread across thousands of acres in a desert valley in western Arizona, where a dairy company from Saudi Arabia grows the thirsty crop by pulling up groundwater from dozens of wells. The company, Fondomonte, is the largest water user in the Ranegras …

20. Hungary's 'water guardian' farmers fight back against desertification

    Mon, 29 Dec 2025 03:10:00 -0000

    KISKUNMAJSA, Hungary — Oszkár Nagyapáti climbed to the bottom of a sandy pit on his land on the Great Hungarian Plain and dug into the soil with his …

21. Cyclone Alfred among top ten costliest climate-change-linked disasters of 2025

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 05:20:58 -0000

    Australia's destructive ex-tropical cyclone Alfred has been ranked among the world's most costly disasters fuelled by climate change in 2025. Economic …

22. Doomsday Glacier Approaching Catastrophic Collapse

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 08:30:03 -0000

    The Thwaites Glacier, an enormous shelf of ice in the Antarctic, has been given the ominous nickname of the “Doomsday Glacier” — because if it were …

23. A Forest of Giant Sequoias Is Growing in Detroit

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 11:47:37 -0000

    The enormous trees, native to California, are doing surprisingly well in Michigan’s climate. Most giant sequoias live in California’s Sierra Nevada, a …

24. Europe wanted its carbon border tax to go global - is it working?

    Mon, 29 Dec 2025 00:44:24 -0000

    The EU’s carbon border tax was designed to do more than clean up its own economy: it hoped to encourage trading partners to put a price on pollution …

25. Inside the Dragon Hole, a deadly ocean chasm where oxygen disappears

    Sun, 28 Dec 2025 16:03:00 -0000

    In the South China Sea, near the Paracel Islands, the aqua-colored waters of an expansive shallow reef platform suddenly gives way to a near vertical …

26. Bound for Antarctica: A Voyage to Earth’s End Is Underway

    Sat, 27 Dec 2025 10:00:30 -0000

    Once, it would have been easy to think of Antarctica as a frozen land of nothingness. A place of interest only to explorers testing their tolerance for misery. A continent covered by ice so thick as to be eternal, changing slowly if at all. Today, we know that pretty much none of that is true. As …

27. Electric Buses Prove Their Worth Down Under

    Mon, 29 Dec 2025 04:43:28 -0000

    Transport for New South Wales has announced that data from regional trials have proven the worth of electric buses. “To date, the 12 new electric …

28. Trump Faces Big Trouble From Green Candidates

    Sat, 27 Dec 2025 14:59:00 -0000

    A new study from Yale shows the extent to which Americans will vote for candidates who support green initiatives. As the Trump Administration …

29. Betting on climate failure, these investors could earn billions

    Fri, 26 Dec 2025 04:40:54 -0000

    Venture capitalist Finn Murphy believes world leaders could soon resort to deflecting sunlight into space if the Earth gets unbearably hot. That’s why he’s invested more than $1 million in Stardust Solutions, a leading solar geoengineering firm that’s developing a system to reduce warming by …

30. The World Has Laws About Land and Sea, but Not About Ice

    Fri, 26 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0000

    As the Arctic melts and people spend more time there, defining our relationship to sea ice becomes more necessary. When the Chinese cargo freighter Istanbul Bridge set sail for Europe in late September, it took an unusual route. Instead of heading south for the 40-day voyage through the Suez Canal, …