Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. No Wonder Oil Execs Are Skittish, They Know Perovskite Solar Cells Are Coming

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:33:14 -0000

    US President Donald Trump’s easy-peasy takeover of the Venezuelan oil industry is already hitting speed bumps, to the surprise of exactly no-one, …

  2. Himalayas bare and rocky after reduced winter snowfall, scientists warn

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:38:44 -0000

    Much less winter snow is falling on the Himalayas, leaving the mountains bare and rocky in many parts of the region in a season when they should be snow-clad, meteorologists have said. They say most winters in the last five years have seen a drop compared to average snowfall between 1980 and …

  3. Chernobyl’s “Radiation-Eating” Fungus Turns Nuclear Fallout Into Its Own Energy Source

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 13:50:18 -0000

    Deep inside the abandoned walls of Chernobyl’s reactor ruins, where radiation remains deadly to most life, a humble black fungus is quietly thriving. This is not a ghost of destruction—it’s a living, growing organism that appears to have adapted to one of the most hostile environments on Earth. The …

  4. Mapped: All of the World’s Volcanic Eruptions in 2025

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 15:55:24 -0000

    In 2025, volcanic eruptions occurred across a wide range of tectonic settings, from explosive island arcs to submarine volcanoes hidden beneath the …

  5. The New Food Pyramid, Brought to You by Big Meat

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:00:19 -0000

    Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, has spent much of his public life warning Americans about environmental damage hidden in plain sight. He’s sued polluters. He’s denounced the ways powerful companies use their influence to shape laws, regulations and institutions. …

  6. 13 U.S. Rivers That Are Disappearing Before Our Eyes

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:18:20 -0000

    Water is the foundation of life, and rivers are the arteries of our landscapes. But across the United States, these vital waterways face …

  7. ‘Direct assault’: How Trump has rolled back climate progress in the first 10 days of 2026

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 06:00:42 -0000

    Trump’s onslaught on the climate shows no signs of slowing down, as he kicks 2026 off with a turbulent start. Just 10 days into 2026, and Donald Trump …

  8. Whitney Cummings calls out liberal hypocrisy on climate change and vaccine mandates

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 22:25:30 -0000

    Whitney Cummings is calling out the "hypocrisy" of wokeness in America. During a Jan. 10 appearance on "The Joe Rogan Experience" podcast, the 43-year-old actress and comedian touched on some of the hypocritical actions of woke liberals, saying, "I may not be an expert in politics, but I'm an expert …

  9. I was right. The L.A. fires changed nothing

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 13:02:38 -0000

    A year after Altadena and Pacific Palisades burned, "climate change" has exited the chat. “People want leadership, Mr. President, and in the absence …

  10. An Antarctic ‘polar thriller’ and a neurodivergent novel imagine a climate changed future

    Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:50:16 -0000

    Two new Australian novels imagine how we might live in a climate‑changed future. Bri Lee’s Seed explores antinatalism in an Antarctic seed vault. And …

  11. Multimillion-Pound London Homes Hit by Sudden, Gaping Cracks

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:00:15 -0000

    It’s increasingly clear that the summer of 2025 left deep scars on some of London’s most sought-after homes.

  12. Why You Should Understand the Little Ice Age of 1300–1850

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:05:14 -0000

    Imagine waking up one morning to find your river frozen solid in the middle of July, or watching crops fail year after year as summer never seems to …

  13. Climate change has now shrunk US salaries by 12%. And worse is to come | BBC Science Focus Magazine

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    No matter where you live, a new study has found warmer temperatures are picking your pocket Climate change isn’t all flooding, wildfires and melting …

  14. UN chief says the U.S. has 'legal obligation' to fund agencies after Trump's withdrawal order

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 23:10:13 -0000

    NEW YORK (AP) — The top United Nations official on Thursday said the United States has a "legal obligation" to keep paying its dues that fund U.N. …

  15. Why California is keeping this unusual solar plant running when both Trump and Biden wanted it closed

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    The electricity it makes is expensive, its technology has been superseded, and it’s incinerating thousands of birds mid-flight each year. The Trump administration wants to see this unusual power plant closed, and in a rare instance of alignment, the Biden administration did, too. But the state of …

  16. Rain one minute, heatwave the next. How climate ‘whiplash’ drives unpredictable fire weather

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:08:52 -0000

    After a weekend of extreme heat and windy conditions, more than 30 blazes were still burning in Victoria and New South Wales as of Sunday evening, …

  17. Is Trump Punishing Colorado? (w/ Gov. Jared Polis)

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 11:02:42 -0000

    Colorado Gov. Jared Polis joins John Avlon to break down Trump’s attacks on him and his state, the assault on climate and weather science, and the …

  18. Pretty Soon, Heat Pumps Will Be Able To Store And Distribute Heat As Needed

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 23:32:24 -0000

    Heat pumps are becoming increasingly common in private homes. But storing the heat they produce has not been possible – until now. SINTEF and Swiss …

  19. The Army Corps of Engineers Wants to Dredge the Cape Fear River. Environmentalists Tally the Costs.

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    On a ferry trip across the Cape Fear, they pass beaches and bird habitats that could be endangered by PFAS deposits. The Trump administration has …

  20. Most Drivers Ignore This Heater Setting, Even Though It Makes Their Car Warm Up Faster

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:25:00 -0000

    If you live in a particularly cold climate, you know there's no such thing as rushing out to work on a winter morning. Your car needs time to warm …

  21. Damn the torpedoes! Trump ditches a crucial climate treaty as he moves to dismantle America’s climate protections

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:07:58 -0000

    On Jan. 7, 2026, President Donald Trump declared that he would officially pull the United States out of the world’s most important global treaty for …

  22. Massive iconic iceberg turns blue and is "on the verge of complete disintegration," NASA says

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 13:35:27 -0000

    One of the largest and oldest icebergs ever tracked by scientists has turned blue and is "on the verge of complete disintegration," NASA said on …

  23. Brazil soy industry’s exit from moratorium on using Amazon land could spur deforestation

    Sat, 10 Jan 2026 14:01:40 -0000

    SAO PAULO (AP) — For nearly 20 years, Brazil’s largest soy producers assured buyers that their harvest — the world’s biggest — wasn’t grown on land cleared from Amazonian forests. The pledge, known as the soy moratorium, has been widely credited with helping curb rainforest loss. That changed this …

  24. Scientists make key breakthrough in pursuit of limitless energy device: 'Long-hypothesized'

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:00:00 -0000

    After observing distinct behavior in heat-driven plasma reactors, researchers at the National Institute for Fusion Science in Japan identified a …

  25. Bob Weir, a musician who took the environment seriously

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 04:03:36 -0000

    Bob Weir, who died on January 10th, was best known as a founding member of the Grateful Dead. For decades he was also an unusually persistent …

  26. Why Greenland is indispensable to global climate science

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 17:39:45 -0000

    A 30-minute stroll across New York’s Central Park separates Trump Tower from the American Museum of Natural History. If the US president ever found …

  27. Why boosting production of Venezuela's 'very dense, very sloppy' oil could harm the environment

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 15:01:49 -0000

    BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Environmental experts are warning that the U.S. push to revamp and boost Venezuela’s vast oil reserves could worsen decades of ecological damage and increase planet-warming pollution in a country already struggling with the legacy of a long-declining petroleum industry. The …

  28. Trump Is Creating a New Energy Paradigm. It May Be Hard to Undo

    Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:49:23 -0000

    This year began with a series of bangs. First, the capture of Nicolas Maduro in Venezuela followed by a commitment by President Trump to “run” the country and rejuvenate its oil industry. Less than a week later, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum to take the U.S. out of the United …

  29. After 23 Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Cost $115B and 276 Deaths in 2025, Experts Warn About 2026

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 22:34:54 -0000

    Throughout 2025, America was rocked by a staggering number of weather-related disasters that caused severe consequences. Based on recent reporting, …

  30. Doomsday Glacier Bombarded by Earthquakes

    Sun, 11 Jan 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Hundreds of earthquakes have been detected rattling Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, also known as the Doomsday Glacier — the disintegration of which …