Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. France lifts alcohol content limit on champagne after record heatwaves

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:50:43 -0000

    Champagne lovers may find themselves getting tipsy more quickly after French producers have been given the go-ahead to raise the alcohol content in a bottle of bubbly for the first time following this summer's record heatwave. Winemakers can temporarily produce champagne with an alcohol content of …

  2. El Niño Map Shows Cities Facing Biggest Winter Weather Change

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Major cities from Los Angeles to Atlanta could face heavier rainfall, flooding and other disruptive weather this winter as El Niño strengthens, …

  3. The Atlantic Ocean Has a Hidden 'Heat Valve' That Controls Earth's Temperature – And It Could Be Closing

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    Our relatively stable global climate is governed by an incredibly complex set of factors, all interacting with each other in dynamic and changeable …

  4. Mosquito-borne illnesses increasing in US. See map of affected states

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:02:59 -0000

    As Western states fight a rise in West Nile virus and the South contends with a surge in dengue fever, mosquito-borne diseases have left some Americans uneasy as this summer season comes to a close. While some mosquito-borne illnesses common in more tropical climates, such as malaria and yellow …

  5. Hugging Face CEO says asking Anthropic researcher ‘about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change’

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:25:05 -0000

    Hugging Face CEO Clement Delangue questioned the focus on a former Anthropic researcher who said AI workers privately fear the technology could kill all humans. "Sorry, but asking Jacob about AI extinction risk is like asking your AC guy about climate change," Delangue wrote on X on Friday. Delangue …

  6. The Accelerating Project to Extend Abortion Bans to All 50 States

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:08:20 -0000

    In a legal challenge to abortion access at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, the Department of Justice and Louisiana are on opposite sides. But …

  7. Water Shortages Now Hitting Russia Hard Across The Board - Analysis - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 02:07:30 -0000

    Key Takeaways: The author argues Russia is facing spreading water shortages from climate change and heavier use—not only its famous spring floods. …

  8. ‘Recovery becomes self-propelling’: Five positive tipping points that can save the world

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 05:05:36 -0000

    “For too long a sense has prevailed that solutions to the climate and nature are out of reach. This new research explodes that myth once and for all.” …

  9. Man tries to power his parents' home with an EV battery to see how viable and realistic it is

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 07:52:00 -0000

    A man decided to power his parents’ home with an EV battery to see just how viable and realistic the idea really is. Instead of buying a conventional …

  10. El Niño has broken Atlantic hurricanes. Now the season is breaking records

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:30 -0000

    No hurricanes have formed in the Atlantic Ocean 103 days into the season, a new record-long wait driven by a beast of an El Niño strangling fledgling storms. Until today, September 11 was the date of the latest first hurricanes — Gustav (2002) and Humberto (2013). Or at least, the latest we know …

  11. The Arctic’s Melting Ice Is Revealing Hidden Ecosystems Never Before Seen by Humanity

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:45:29 -0000

    Imagine peeling back the world’s largest freezer lid, one that has been sealed for thousands of years, and finding a world of alien life thriving in …

  12. Trump’s plans for ‘spectacular’ Irish ballroom have run into a 2mm problem

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 08:31:00 -0000

    Donald Trump's plans to build a ballroom at his golf resort in Ireland have been halted, as environmentalists brand the move 'reprehensible'. It seems …

  13. EPA to Loosen Methane Rules, Boosting Pollution From Oil and Gas Wells

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly …

  14. The Tech Bros’ War on Climate Action

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Amy Westervelt’s new book exposes the deep history of today’s “information pollution.” We live in a time, journalist Amy Westervelt laments in her new …

  15. A federal judge just told Trump there's no ‘emergency' to justify keeping a Michigan coal plant open

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:41:28 -0000

    It's one of the first successful legal challenges to the administration’s “energy emergency” agenda. The Department of Energy overstepped when it …

  16. How the Yellowstone Supervolcano Could End Life Across Half of America – Dino World

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:11:49 -0000

    Imagine waking up to a sky that stays dark at noon, ash falling like dirty snow, and the quiet hum of everyday life replaced by a heavy, unnatural …

  17. Migratory bird species increasingly at risk, report finds, but there is still hope

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 13:54:34 -0000

    Every year, billions of birds take to the skies, responding to changing seasons, navigating to breeding sites or escaping the cold of winter. The …

  18. In 1959, the first nuclear-powered merchant ship set sail before the world was ready

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:54:00 -0000

    The NS 'Savannah' even offered a view into the reactor powering the state-of-the-art ship. By the time naval architecture firm George G. Sharp tasked Jack Heaney with the design of the world’s first nuclear-powered merchant ship, the Glasgow-born designer had already broken many styling norms. In …

  19. Where have all the Atlantic hurricanes gone? El Nino brings record slow season

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:04:00 -0000

    No Atlantic hurricanes have formed this year and none are likely soon. The Atlantic is quiet — record quiet — this hurricane season thanks to an …

  20. Formal Repeal of Roadless Rule Directly Threatens Midwest Wilderness

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Federal agencies say opening these lands will reduce wildfire risks and make timber more accessible. Experts, however, say the government is …

  21. Spring 2027 election now more likely over tax trap, Labour insiders believe

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    Andy Burnham had a front-row seat in the Cabinet in 2007 when Gordon Brown let speculation he would call a snap election run for weeks, only to later …

  22. Trump is giving data centers a pass to pollute

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:41:27 -0000

    The Trump administration is sacrificing Americans’ health to build data centers, former EPA officials warn. President Donald Trump is weakening environmental regulations in the name of speeding up the construction of AI data centers, raising health risks for Americans, a cadre of former EPA …

  23. Scientists develop a plastic that can be turned into fertilizer

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 12:00:14 -0000

    Microplastics are a scourge on the environment, accumulating in farm soils and wriggling their way into the food supply—reducing harvests and harming …

  24. Why Is NY’s Republican Candidate for Governor Embracing 9/11 Truthers?

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Bruce Blakeman has some odd bedfellows. Bruce Blakeman, the Republican vying to be New York’s next governor, has an uphill battle ahead of November: …

  25. Buildings are sinking and cracking in one of Europe’s largest cities

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:09:08 -0000

    As blistering temperatures baked London this summer, people started to notice strange things happening to their houses: zig-zagging cracks suddenly …

  26. Someone Should Maybe Do Something About the AI Apocalypse, Right?

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    The AI industry say it’s holding a doomsday gun—and warning us it will go off soon. In the theater, there’s an old saying about “Chekhov’s gun” that …

  27. Yes, it’s the economy, stupid. But One Nation is outflanking the government on messaging, too

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 01:36:50 -0000

    Labor is no doubt dreading the likelihood of further interest rate rises, despite Treasurer Jim Chalmers talking up the economy. When One Nation …

  28. Super El Niño almost certain to form and heavily impact SC, new data shows. Here’s what to expect

    Sat, 12 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    El Niño has been well-established for the last couple of months, and it’s expected to strengthen even more, new data suggests. The naturally occurring …

  29. Chinese Scientists Propose Turning Abandoned Coal Mines Into Farming Laboratories

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    There are more than 12,000 abandoned coal mines across China, offering vast amounts of underground space and sophisticated infrastructure that could …

  30. They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE

    Fri, 11 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    NEW YORK — Once a week, in a Queens office building, a group of immigrants in their 50s and 60s gathers. They've all known each other for some 25 years: they met when they were cleaning up ground zero together. They are among the thousands of cleanup crews who rushed to the destruction in lower …