Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:53:35 -0000

   Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome …

2. What We Can Learn from Ancient Societies About Disaster-Proofing Our Cities

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   From ancient Egyptian flood strategies to Mayan agricultural techniques, the ancient world can teach us how to live with environmental extremes. Earthquakes, hurricanes, and wildfires are natural phenomena that can become disastrous, but just how severely they affect us depends on how we prepare for …

3. Trump moves to open 44 million forest acres to roads, logging, citing wildfire risk

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:06:28 -0000

   The Trump administration plans to remove longstanding protections on more than 44 million acres of national forest, opening the door to new roads, …

4. The Next Front in Trump’s War on Reproductive Health Care

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The administration’s MAHA mavens are targeting Title X funding in their effort to undermine Planned Parenthood and others. But providers are fighting …

5. South Africa to Australia: Why coal profits are surging during Iran war

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:27:30 -0000

   Coal companies are reporting a huge rise in profits, but analysts say a global clean energy transition is still on track. Crude oil and natural gas supplies have been disrupted worldwide by the United States-Israel war on Iran, but one energy sector appears to be cashing in – coal. This week, South …

6. Trump’s Micromanaging Warship Design Will Set the Navy Back by Decades

   Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:50:01 -0000

   These nonsensical steam catapults are just one of several instances of Trump trying to pretend he knows anything about ship design, and they’re …

7. Europe’s seas reach record heat as climate change threatens marine life

   Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:34:08 -0000

   Human-caused climate change was the main driver of record-breaking sea temperatures around Europe this summer, scientists said on Wednesday, warning of severe risks to marine ecosystems and coastal communities. The Mediterranean averaged a record 27 degrees Celsius in July, while waters near …

8. Why Egyptian farmers are growing crops under solar panels

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:15:00 -0000

   The additional shade reduces evaporation and stress on the plants, all while generating clean electricity. Ancient Egyptian civilization blossomed in …

9. Strait of Hormuz chaos has incentivized China to use an alternative trade route: a 3,400 mile frozen Arctic channel dubbed the ‘Ice Silk Road’

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0000

   The ongoing trade disruptions from the Iran war have enabled China to gain a trade edge, but it requires shipping vessels to brave the Arctic. On …

10. The cognitive bias behind bad climate math

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:00:35 -0000

    Before people can reduce their carbon footprint, they need to know what actions will most help them do so. Research has shown that this domain of …

11. Scientists explore new ways to target mosquitoes as warming climate expands threat

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:25:36 -0000

    It doesn't have sharp teeth or claws, but the mosquito kills more people than any other animal on earth. As the climate warms, mosquito season is …

12. Organized Megastorms Could Reshape Tropics' Rainy Seasons In The Coming Years

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:05:04 -0000

    It's called climate change because it's not just about hotter or drier, colder or wetter climate shifts. It's about the increased and often …

13. The Legal War Over Prediction Markets Is Getting Crazier

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has gone to war with the state regulators trying to rein in the industry’s sports gambling interests. Last …

14. Nation’s Largest Reservoirs Are Drying Up, Threatening Life in the Southwest

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 20:59:39 -0000

    Levels in Lakes Mead and Powell have not been so low since 1957, underscoring a water crisis that plagues seven states that rely on the Colorado River. Lakes Powell and Mead, the nation’s largest reservoirs, are drying up, sending a Colorado River system that provides water and electricity for …

15. Lula calls oil near the Amazon River a passport to Brazil's future after Petrobras strikes new find

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:20:55 -0000

    SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday that oil drilling in northern and northeastern coastal regions could be “a passport to the country’s future” after visiting a Petrobras offshore drilling vessel following a find announced last week near the mouth of the …

16. People over 60 face heat exposure danger at lower temperatures, study suggests

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:42:14 -0000

    As Australians prepare to swelter through a hot El Niño summer, the risk of heat stress also rises. When we age, our bodies are no longer able to cope …

17. Teens and Young Adults, Especially Educated Men, Tend to Have Higher Food Emissions

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Slashing food-related emissions needs varied strategies for different ages and countries, two new studies find. Broad advice to cut back on …

18. World may warm by 25 per cent more than current projections suggest

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Climate models projecting higher warming for a given level of carbon dioxide have been discounted as unrealistic, but a new way of assessing models …

19. Cuba has plenty of doctors. So why is its healthcare system collapsing?

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:30:00 -0000

    The crisis reveals a forgotten variable in the health equation: energy. Since January 2026, many Cubans have lived a life of near-constant darkness. The Trump administration’s oil blockades have led the country into a worsening energy crisis, collapsing what was already an eroding national power …

20. South Africa’s top court blocked Shell’s Wild Coast oil search: why it matters for climate justice

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:44:14 -0000

    South Africa’s Constitutional Court – the country’s highest court – handed down a landmark judgment for climate change and environmental justice in …

21. Data center gas plants to boost U.S. power emissions by 20%

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 10:08:26 -0000

    Data center developers are turning to bespoke natural-gas power plants, a development that promises to dramatically increase carbon emissions and …

22. How far-right parties are using extreme weather events to boost their cause

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:42:06 -0000

    Political scientists explain why extreme weather events like this summer's European heatwaves can drive support to parties that traditionally deny human-made climate change.

23. Coffee may have a surprising link to testosterone and muscle mass

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:07:52 -0000

    Men who drank more coffee had higher total testosterone and more muscle, but researchers caution the study doesn’t prove cause and effect. Plus, more science finds you need to see.

24. At Chambord, repeated heatwaves force gardens to change appearance

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:53:03 -0000

    In Chambord, drought and heatwaves are clearly visible in the chateau's gardens. The parched vegetation is forcing gardeners to rethink landscapes …

25. Extreme Heat May Be Even More Dangerous to Older Adults Than We Thought

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:45:59 -0000

    New research found adults aged 60 and over will bear the brunt of public health risks driven by climate change. The dangers of extreme heat have been …

26. The UK and Google are testing changes to flight paths to tackle aviation's climate impact

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:21:25 -0000

    Hundreds of commercial flights will be told to change their paths over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean during the next two winters to show how minor altitude adjustments can reduce aviation’s climate impact. The British government is backing the landmark airspace-scale trial, launched Tuesday, to …

27. Why carbon markets alone won’t save Southeast Asia’s concessions forests

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:25:05 -0000

    New research suggests a “massive and untapped” opportunity for conservation within commercial concessions in Southeast Asia, reports Mongabay’s …

28. How Americans stayed cool before air conditioning: From sitting on smelly ice to sleeping on the roof

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:02:00 -0000

    Even Presidents had to get clever in the heat, such as building a screened-in porch on top of the White House just to catch a breeze. To say Summer 2026 has been a scorcher would be an understatement. In Europe, prolonged heat waves and record-setting hot days have crossed the threshold from …

29. Midwest is overwhelmed by rainfall caused by rising temps (which will only get worse)

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:01:38 -0000

    Severe storms in the Midwest have cause widespread flooding. Climate experts say extreme rainfall has already gotten worse in the region and will keep intensifying. JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: In the Midwest, nearly a week of severe storms has caused heavy flooding, particularly in Indiana and Ohio. Roads …

30. The Data Center Trojan Horse

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:01:18 -0000

    The last week of Wisconsin’s politics show the risks of the data center issue for Democrats — and decarbonization. This is an edition of Heatmap …