Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. A Major Ocean Current Is On The Verge of Collapse. Scientists Say The Effects May Reach California

   Sun, 19 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0000

   Earth's climate systems are inexorably and often unexpectedly interconnected. Dust from North Africa's Sahara Desert drifts thousands of miles to fuel …

2. Peter Thiel just gave the public its closest look yet at his ‘Antichrist’ theory—and it’s a tech and climate regulator

   Sat, 18 Jul 2026 10:48:00 -0000

   Peter Thiel has spent 30 years arguing, on political and economic grounds, the regulatory state is the primary obstacle to technological progress. He …

3. U.S. cancels automatic protections for imperiled animals as critics warn of extinctions

   Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:43:58 -0000

   BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department on Friday canceled a rule meant to protect plants and animals that are determined to be …

4. ‘The most important crop on Earth’ is in danger, study finds

   Sun, 19 Jul 2026 03:32:28 -0000

   PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Rice crops are in danger amid rising temperatures, according to a University of Washington study. “Arguably the most important …

5. Most Forest Fires in Canada Are Simply Impossible to Put Out

   Sat, 18 Jul 2026 06:17:36 -0000

   Half of Canada’s wildfires are in remote areas with no road access. Impossible to fight, they are often left to burn. Most wildfires in Canada are impossible to fight. As smoke from forest fires in Canada have darkened skies south of the border, lawmakers in Michigan, Ohio and other U.S. states have …

6. 'We are trapped in a climate dystopia, a black comedy scenario, where the grotesque rivals the Orwellian farce'

   Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:31:07 -0000

   As heatwaves multiply, public debate often amounts to little more than empty gestures. Recent government decisions to cut green funds and return …

7. Canadian wildfire smoke ignites cross-border feud over Ottawa's 'willful negligence'

   Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:31:11 -0000

   As smoke from Canadian wildfires continues to drift across parts of the United States, forestry experts say Canada could reduce the severity of some fires through more aggressive forest management. The issue reached the White House Friday, with President Donald Trump accusing Canada of failing to …

8. Spain faces hottest week of summer with temperatures up to 45°C next week

   Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:00:59 -0000

   Spain's Met Office Aemet says from Tuesday the country will face its third summer heatwave, with highs up to 45°C, as major wildfires rage in …

9. Reflect Orbital wants to turn night into day with mirrors in space

   Sat, 18 Jul 2026 18:55:12 -0000

   For billions of years, life evolved on Earth under conditions of roughly equal periods of dark and light in most places. The sun rose and set. Night …

10. Wildfire Smoke Hangs Over World Cup Final

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 23:59:49 -0000

    Smoke has blanketed New York City and other parts of the Northeast United States in a thick haze this week, unleashing smoggy skies and dangerous air. As soccer fans from across the globe stream into New York City and New Jersey for the FIFA World Cup final on Sunday, another sort of visitor has …

11. Climate's Compounding Financial Toll Is Becoming Harder to Ignore

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:00:03 -0000

    It’s felt all but impossible to escape the reality of our changing climate this past month, from extreme heat at London Climate Action Week to wildfire smoke across the U.S. northeast and midwest. While each individual event is dramatic in its own right, I’ve been struck by the breadth. Everywhere …

12. Out-of-control Canadian wildfires prompt calls for ‘Nuremberg trials for big oil’

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:13:09 -0000

    July 16, 2026. It is shared here under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0) license.As wildfires raged across Canada on Thursday, sending dangerous …

13. Trump's dumb idea to tariff Canada over smoke could set a useful precedent

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    The latest dumb, hypocritical “idea” to come out of the idiot running the US into the ground could actually set the precedent we need to solve climate change. Hear me out for a minute. Right now, much of the east and midwest US is shrouded in smoke due to wildfires in Canada. The wildfires are the …

14. Is there a way out of this disaster?

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:26:02 -0000

    Earthquakes, heat domes and early wildfires. While the rest of the world is coping with epic natural disasters, here in Israel the catastrophes are …

15. Trump’s climate denial collides with America’s apocalyptic summer

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 00:22:37 -0000

    “The problem is here and it is getting worse. This is no longer abstract or theoretical,” says Chris Hayes as wildfire smoke blankets U.S. cities.

16. Pentagon Says Drones Can Hide in Wind Farms, Freezing 155 Wind Projects

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 15:10:49 -0000

    The Trump administration claims wind turbines pose a national security threat. The industry says it's pure politics. Wind turbines can confuse radar …

17. Trump's Pernicious Threat to Impose Tariffs on Canada in Response to Wildfires

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:24:15 -0000

    Much of the eastern United States has recently been affected by smoke originating from massive wildfires in Canada. It's a genuine problem. But …

18. Oceanography Says a Layer of Water Exists in the Pacific That Has Not Mixed With the Surface in Over a Thousand Years and What Lives There Defies Current Classification

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 21:30:00 -0000

    You are used to thinking of the ocean as constantly churning and mixing, like an endless washing machine. But deep in the Pacific, there are layers …

19. Trump threatens new Canada tariffs over wildfire smoke in US cities

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 12:45:23 -0000

    US President Donald Trump has threatened to impose new tariffs on Canada after hundreds of wildfires have left much of the northern US covered by a blanket of smoke. The threat follows complaints by US lawmakers over the wildfires and Ontario's premier Doug Ford asking the US to send support to …

20. World Cup stadiums were ‘built for yesterday’s climate’. Should the games be moved?

    Sun, 19 Jul 2026 05:00:33 -0000

    Experts have called on World Cup stadium owners to retrofit their buildings to better deal with blistering temperatures. All eyes will fall on the US …

21. Why Canada’s Wildfires Are So Hard to Put Out

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:17:00 -0000

    Almost 900 blazes are burning across a vast boreal forest in the country’s hardest-to-reach, least-populous areas TORONTO—Hundreds of out-of-control wildfires are burning in Canada, shrouding skies there and the U.S. in an eerie yellow-gray haze and forcing the evacuation of dozens of communities. In …

22. Climate scientists have predicted greater flooding in Texas for decades. It's happening now

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 20:15:59 -0000

    One of the shocking things about the storms that hit Texas this week is that rainfall of similar devastating strength struck almost exactly a year …

23. A rare weather phenomenon is on track for a 'hostile' clash with the Super El Niño

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 17:45:00 -0000

    Summer 2026 has already been full of extreme weather, including wildfires in Canada and a massive heat wave. Now, brace for an Atlantic Niña. This has been a summer of extreme weather, so brace yourself—it looks like Mother Nature may have another curveball up her sleeve. As if we don’t have enough …

24. The Real Reason Dogs Circle Before Lying Down Has Nothing to Do With Comfort – And Everything to Do With Ancient Survival

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 15:50:00 -0000

    Ever watched your dog spin in circles before finally settling down for a nap and wondered, “What’s up with that?” While it might seem like a quirky …

25. China's Viral 'Rooftop Rain' Can Cool Down Areas By Up To 14 Degrees Fahrenheit - Here's How

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:17:00 -0000

    Recently, many countries in the world were caught in the sweaty grip of a heatwave. No two people kept cool the same way, and while U.S. citizens …

26. Trump fumes over Canadian wildfire smoke and issues tariff threat

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 01:18:17 -0000

    Air quality alerts remain for more than 100 million people across the U.S. on Friday, sparking concerns about Sunday’s World Cup final in New Jersey. President Donald Trump on Friday pledged to hold Canada responsible for costs associated with unhealthy air quality in the U.S. due to spreading smoke …

27. Chinese solar company says its new cell has an efficiency of 35.5 percent

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 13:00:06 -0000

    Commercial solar cells only have a conversion efficiency of around 25 percent. Chinese company LONGi has developed a solar cell that it claims has achieved a conversion efficiency of 35.5 percent, as verified by the European Solar Test Installation, a reference laboratory for the calibration of …

28. New York’s Wildfire Smoke May Last “Forever”

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 14:04:00 -0000

    The experts at Heatmap say that, because of the nature of wildfires in Canada, New York City will face heavy smoke every year. Their argument is …

29. Meta's New Mexico data center uses millions of gallons of water. Did it 'drain' the Rio Grande?

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 16:00:08 -0000

    Meta's Los Lunas facility receives municipal water supplied by groundwater wells rather than drawing directly from the Rio Grande. In July 2026, …

30. Europe should look to Africa for heatwave solutions

    Sat, 18 Jul 2026 12:19:35 -0000

    African communities have spent decades developing practical, tested ways to live with extreme heat. As Europe faces repeated, dangerous heatwaves, the question is no longer whether rich countries need climate adaptation. It is whether they are willing to learn from places that have been adapting to …