Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Super El Niño is here. What's so super about it?

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Federal forecasters say this year the planet could see the strongest El Niño event on record. It's already being called "Super El Niño" and even "Godzilla El Niño." El Niño is a natural climate pattern that has far-reaching impacts across the planet, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of …

  2. It looks like a pyramid, is 200 metres high and is buried deep in the Amazon where few people go

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:57:36 -0000

    Hidden deep in the Peruvian Amazon, this mysterious 200m-high formation looks like a giant pyramid – but its secrets may go far beyond its unusual …

  3. Four Years After Dobbs, Abortion Is Back on the Ballot in a Big Way

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Four states are considering ballot initiatives related to reproductive rights this year, elevating the stakes of an already critical election. Four …

  4. Supreme Court reconvenes to new wave of Trump cases

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:15:00 -0000

    The Supreme Court formally begins a new term, taking on a wave of appeals from President Donald Trump along with major cases on guns, religious …

  5. The messy bargain that could bring down your power bill

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:30:00 -0000

    The Senate’s new permitting plan could change how America gets energy for a generation. There’s no place like Kansas, a state whose howling winds are so fierce that in the 1800s, the roaring soundscape drove local farmers into madness. It is so windy in Kansas that every so often, trains get swept …

  6. Supreme Court's new term kicks off with blockbuster climate change case

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    A new Supreme Court term began Monday with arguments in a blockbuster case about the reach of state power. Boulder, Colo., is suing two big energy companies, arguing they deceived people about the harms of fossil fuels and contributed to disasters that cost Boulder a lot of time and money. The …

  7. A new UN Chief, an old institution and a world in crisis

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:20:18 -0000

    On Jan. 1, the next United Nations secretary-general will take over an ageing organisation still controlled by World War II powers. What will the …

  8. Pathetic Republicans “Trans”-ition to Their Vile Closing Argument

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A month out, the GOP is all in on playing the anti-trans card. Here’s how the Democrats need to answer it. Well, we’ve entered that time-honored phase …

  9. The Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the House

    Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:30:54 -0000

    If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the …

  10. Killer beetles, tinderbox forests: Climate change takes center stage in SCOTUS battle over oil companies

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:09:15 -0000

    Boulder wants to sue oil companies for financial damages from global warming. BOULDER, Colo. -- To walk deep into the mountain forests at the doorstep …

  11. Donald Trump vs. Bernie Sanders—2 Sharply Different Views of America’s Role in the World

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    One is an imperial gangster; the other seeks to create a world “not based on greed but based on justice, on decency.” America’s century is over. …

  12. Paul Rudd on how new movie 'A Statement' tackles climate change

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:09:00 -0000

    Paul Rudd explains how his upcoming film "A Statement" tackles climate change and unpacks why it is the most pressing issue of our time.

  13. Extreme heat is raising risks for mothers and babies - but experts say cooling solutions already exist

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:36:13 -0000

    73 per cent of maternal healthcare workers surveyed say they have seen heat-linked cases rise in the last five years. Extreme heat is making pregnancy …

  14. Rare Southern African succulent listed as critically endangered amid mining threat

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:53:03 -0000

    The brown clockfig, an extremely rare succulent growing in the hot, arid border region of Namibia and South Africa, was recently assessed as …

  15. Patagonia CEO takes aim at political apathy

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:15:05 -0000

    Patagonia has a blunt goal for this year's midterms: Get more environmentally minded Americans to care enough to vote. Why it matters: The outdoor …

  16. A New Approach to Public Safety Is Reshaping American Cities

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Municipalities all across the country are making innovative investments in community safety departments—and it’s starting to pay off. A couple of …

  17. Can shade save Florida’s coral reefs?

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 15:10:58 -0000

    Researchers in the Florida Keys are testing shade structures and other interventions to help coral survive increasingly hot ocean temperatures. In the …

  18. The Supreme Court Kicks Off with a Big Climate Case

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:16 -0000

    On oil prices, another nuclear loan, and Brazil’s election Current conditions: A summer-like heat wave is driving up temperatures in Los Angeles past …

  19. Pacific Islands urge world leaders to act on climate crisis

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:37:25 -0000

    For Pacific island nations, climate change is no distant threat. As seas rise, they're bringing the real-time consequences of a warming planet …

  20. New map exposes dire state of American rivers as only six percent are healthy amid climate emergency

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:04 -0000

    A new map has revealed which American rivers need the most attention and protection amid the worsening climate crisis. Only six percent of these water …

  21. Coral reefs are bleaching in extreme heat. Could underwater umbrellas save them?

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:02:27 -0000

    Underwater shades could help corals survive extreme heat, but researchers stress that they’re not a catch-all solution. Can an umbrella work …

  22. New Supreme Court term begins with a climate change case seeking to hold energy companies liable

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    The justices return from summer break to hear arguments in a lawsuit Boulder, Colorado, brought against Exxon Mobil and Suncor Energy. WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court kicks off a new term Monday, with the justices hearing an attempt by oil companies to throw out lawsuits brought by cities and …

  23. Carney’s expensive Alberta truce: the Pacific Link pipeline

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    There was a brief, telling moment when Prime Minister Mark Carney was onstage at a Calgary Chamber of Commerce event last year, following the …

  24. People’s Republic of Boulder Wants To Run Your Energy Policy

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 02:43:16 -0000

    Boulder, Colorado, has spent decades wearing a nickname most towns would take as an insult: “The People's Republic of Boulder.” It’s a college town …

  25. America is hurtling toward a power grid crisis

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:30:47 -0000

    This is a re-post from Yale Climate ConnectionsA crisis is brewing for the U.S. electricity grid – one that could make your electric bill skyrocket …

  26. Cornell tipster speaks out and Supreme Court begins a new term: Morning Rundown

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:03:12 -0000

    Plus, all passengers on a medical jet are presumed dead after a crash. A Cornell student who gave police leads expresses dismay with how the case was handled. The new Supreme Court term begins with a climate change case. And all passengers are presumed dead after a medical jet crashed off …

  27. Extreme heat putting births in jeopardy, U.N. climate chief warns

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Nadi, Fiji — Extreme heat is increasingly linked to problems such as premature births or underweight babies, the U.N. climate chief warned on Monday …

  28. The Biggest Cases Coming in the Next Supreme Court Term

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    From gun safety to voting rights, executive power to immigration reform, the Roberts court has returned to cast a long shadow over American life. Next …

  29. Africa’s Ghost Plants: Why Scientists Are Digitizing Centuries of Botanical History

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:43 -0000

    In a small room in the University of Lagos’ Department of Botany in Nigeria, wooden cabinets stretch from floor to ceiling. Botanist Dr. George Nodza …

  30. America's 'Dead Sea' Was Once a Vast Freshwater Lake 10 Times Its Size

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:30:06 -0000

    Scientists have found evidence that the Great Salt Lake was once much larger – and much less salty than it is today. Read on to find out more – and follow ScienceAlert for discoveries about the world around us.