Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The United States Is Not Ready for the Arctic Age

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:40:37 -0000

   Rana Foroohar’s “Sea Change” shows why Washington can’t compete at the top of the world. “WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!” Donald Trump wrote on …

2. Fishing company behind McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish devastates Alaska salmon and Native communities

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:56:34 -0000

   A heavy fishing net emerged from rolling Bering Sea swells, packed so densely with Alaska pollock that their heads wedged through the mesh. When the …

3. The SEC Just Opened the Floodgates to Fraud

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The Trump administration has transformed the Securities and Exchange Commission into an instrument of financial sector chicanery. If you doubt that …

4. If Dems Win, Inscribe This Chart on Trump-MAGA’s Political Gravestone

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:46:48 -0000

   A new analysis by a Democratic data firm shows that Latino turnout in early voting is outpacing 2024—a presidential year. That could be a big problem …

5. Category 3 Hurricane Isaias closes in on the Florida Panhandle

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:35:53 -0000

   The first major Atlantic hurricane of 2026 threatens the Gulf Coast with a storm surge of up to 9 feet, damaging winds, flooding, and tornadoes, with …

6. COVID-19 lockdowns changed global fire activity in ways researchers didn’t expect

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 21:52:35 -0000

   If people start most fires, keeping people indoors should mean fewer of them. When COVID-19 lockdowns kept people home in early 2020, that’s mostly what happened. Worldwide, the lockdowns were linked to an estimated 12% drop in fire activity. But in parts of South America, southern Africa, and …

7. Antarctica’s penguins are sending us a distress signal

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:45:00 -0000

   Something is breaking in the world’s wildest ecosystem. This story was originally published by The Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world’s largest penguin colony has declined by two-thirds since 2011, most likely because of the climate crisis, a study …

8. Only about half of U.S. teens can correctly identify the causes of climate change

   Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:59:00 -0000

   But over 80% say they’re worried about it. More than 80% of young people in the U.S. say they are worried about climate change. Schifter: “Whether it’s …

9. Hurricane Isaias just set a new record for Atlantic storms

   Thu, 08 Oct 2026 14:25:00 -0000

   Isaias is officially the first hurricane of this year’s Atlantic season—marking the latest arrival of a first hurricane in the region since reliable …

10. El Niño Forecast Map Shows Which States Are Likely to See the Most Snow This Winter

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:20:25 -0000

    This year’s El Niño has been making waves, to say the least. It is historically massive. It will have major effects on the planet. From droughts to …

11. The green revolution may be turning purple

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:00:20 -0000

    The fertilizers that feed humanity are made in huge pressure cookers, heated to 450°C (840°F), in factories that gush an estimated 450 million metric …

12. Americans want 300 miles of EV range – but most say 75 or less covers their day

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:30:00 -0000

    Most Americans say 75 miles of range would be more than enough for their daily drive, but when it comes to choosing an EV, a fair number want a much bigger cushion. A new BMW Group survey found that 73% of US adults say 25 to 75 miles is enough to cover their daily routine. Yet 42% of Americans want …

13. Hurricane Simon forecast to get much stronger as it heads to Mexico's Pacific coast

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 09:47:30 -0000

    MIAMI — Hurricane Simon was headed toward part of Mexico’s Pacific coast Friday and forecast to get much stronger. U.S. forecasters issued a hurricane …

14. Latest heat metrics signal escalating threat of an extreme El Niño this winter

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 09:30:00 -0000

    Every El Niño is unique. This time around, though, it’s especially concerning. Why? The eastern Pacific Ocean, where this recurring climate pattern …

15. The Supreme Court Asked the Question Boulder Can’t Answer

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 16:02:27 -0000

    At oral argument, the justices pressed the question the climate plaintiffs spent a decade dodging. This week, Boulder County’s climate-change suit …

16. The Global Diesel Crisis, Explained

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:18:31 -0000

    How did the world reach a tipping point, and who holds the leverage? The price of diesel fuel—which moves tractors, trains, and ships around the …

17. El Niño could weaken the polar vortex. Does a scorching summer mean a freezing winter?

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 20:13:36 -0000

    El Niño’s European weather impacts tend to be indirect and less severe than in the tropics. But experts warn it could weaken the polar vortex. Experts …

18. Hoping for a ‘new normal’ climate is pointless. We must learn to adapt

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:04:22 -0000

    Climate change is worsening. There’s now no chance of holding temperature rise to 1.5°C. The future will bring worsening floods, glacial melt, …

19. Ocean circulation changes rather than global warming drove temperature trends across the Miocene Climatic Optimum

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 22:33:08 -0000

    Early-to-Middle Miocene [23 to 13.8 million years ago (Ma)] climates were ∼6° to 9°C warmer than today. Around 16.9 Ma, benthic foraminiferal oxygen …

20. Even some of Megyn Kelly's callers are fed up with her.

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 15:22:23 -0000

    Welcome back to Media Matters’ weekly newsletter. This week: Fox is using climate change denial to undermine bipartisan support for AI …

21. A New Mexico Community Was a Place to Build a Life. Then a Hypersonic Missile Factory Showed Up

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 05:30:00 -0000

    Castelion—a next-generation defense tech company—is building a facility in Rio Rancho Estates that documents show could pose a major fire and …

22. The 10 Most Sustainable Countries In The World

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 12:43:25 -0000

    Each year, the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) publishes a report ranking countries on their environmental performance. This article looks at …

23. Jon Ossoff Just Delivered Maybe the Greatest Debate Zinger in Ages

    Thu, 08 Oct 2026 15:03:08 -0000

    Yet again, the Georgia senator showed in Thursday’s debate that he knows how to throw haymakers. Until someone else proves otherwise, he’s the …

24. Tesla’s next big clean energy source is rising in the Arizona desert

    Sat, 10 Oct 2026 00:05:22 -0000

    A 450-megawatt (MW) solar farm with a massive battery system is now under construction in Arizona – and Tesla has already lined up about 90% of its expected electricity output. ContourGlobal held a groundbreaking ceremony on October 6 for Project Sterling, around 20 miles north of Lake Havasu City …

25. Meet the flower whose evolution is outpacing climate change

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    All summer, along streambanks from Washington to Northern Mexico, hummingbirds whir between red, face-shaped flowers that have evolved almost …

26. Sunny, 80 degrees, and Newport Beach is flooding

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 18:20:32 -0000

    On nice, sunny days in Southern California, people usually visit the beach. Today, however, the beach is moving into residential neighborhoods. A …

27. Was there really a global flood? Here’s what geology can and can’t prove

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 19:41:45 -0000

    The story of a catastrophic flood appears in the Bible and in several ancient traditions, which has led generations of readers to ask if geology …

28. El Niño's storm-killer winds and climate's warming waters in fight over future of Hurricane Isaias

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 04:02:50 -0000

    A supersized El Niño’s decapitating winds and the Gulf of Mexico’s toasty, storm-fueling waters are battling over the future strength of Hurricane Isaias. And the storm’s tilt and eye show who’s winning. For now, it’s the waters charged by climate change. All Atlantic hurricane season there has been …

29. Scientists Have Developed a Breakthrough Energy Source to Fuel the First Humans on Mars

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 11:25:02 -0000

    A NASA-backed experiment shows how engineered microbes can convert discarded water bottles into edible protein. Researchers proved that certain food-grade plastic can be broken down and fed to engineered yeast, which then produce nutrients such as protein and fats. Researchers turned the result into …

30. Almost all Gaza residents need shelter as El Niño threatens flooding, UN agency says

    Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:36:10 -0000

    Almost all of Gaza’s population needs tents or help with shelter ahead of winter, with the El Niño weather phenomenon expected to bring heavier …