Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The Trump Scandal That Everyone Overlooked

   Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:07:27 -0000

   As corruption tops voters’ concerns, Democrats and the press are ignoring Trump’s deal with the oil industry. With the U.S. midterm elections less …

2. A Kelvin wave raised sea levels on the West Coast. More are coming

   Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   One of the first major signs of this year's "Super El Niño" has reached the U.S. It's called a Kelvin wave – a deep ocean wave that's currently raising sea levels along the West Coast. Scientists have long known about Kelvin waves, but this year, the phenomena grabbed the public's attention with …

3. Meet the researchers leaving the US because of Trump's funding cuts and politicization of science

   Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:04:36 -0000

   NEW YORK (AP) — Halley Froehlich was sure she’d spend her scientific career in the United States. Her family has been in America since the 1700s. But over the past two years, delayed federal grants and fears about the future motivated her to pack her life into boxes. She moved to Finland with her …

4. Ilhan Omar Is the Right Kind of American. Trump Is the Wrong Kind.

   Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The president’s crusade against the Minnesota congresswoman, and Somali Americans in general, is certainly racist. And it’s arguably more than …

5. On campaign trail, Jeffries says Republicans are 'divorced from reality'

   Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:28:29 -0000

   TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries said Sunday the election climate is holding firm for Democrats as he campaigned for Rep. …

6. Trump admin cuts to satellites will set back US weather forecasting by a decade, experts say

   Mon, 19 Oct 2026 18:37:45 -0000

   The Trump administration’s cuts to weather satellites will set the country back nearly a decade, experts say. The loss of data used to observe, forecast and research extreme weather could prevent the country from making major advances in weather prediction in the coming years. This finding comes …

7. What Earth's sixth mass extinction event means for humans

   Mon, 19 Oct 2026 05:48:00 -0000

   Human activity is driving plants and animals to extinction at an unprecedented rate. As countries meet in Armenia to discuss ways to reverse nature …

8. Latest Climate Report Warns of Major Upheaval to California Way of Life

   Mon, 19 Oct 2026 12:00:06 -0000

   The dire projections come from the state’s Climate Change Assessment, which analyzes the impacts of changing weather patterns on the nation’s most-populous state. In just a few decades, summers in California will not only be much hotter, but will also stretch for months longer. Floods will become …

9. The Maya collapse was blamed on drought. The full story is more complicated.

   Mon, 19 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   Researchers are still puzzling through what happened to the ancient Maya civilization, which mysteriously dwindled. New answers have parallels in the present. MEXICO CITY — The answer, it appeared, was drought. That was the theory, proposed by scientists three decades ago, to explain why the Maya …

10. The Plan to Dim the Sun Could Actually Work—and That May Be the Most Dangerous Part of All

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:31:59 -0000

    Experts simulated a rush to deploy solar geoengineering against global warming. The science was the least of their problems. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: To counteract the warming effects of climate change, solar radiation modification (SRM)—once seen as a strategy of last …

11. The massive $1 billion Trump corruption scandal hiding in plain sight

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:27:45 -0000

    President Donald Trump’s reported $1 billion pitch to oil executives is a massive corruption that has been overlooked, according to a new analysis …

12. Phoebe Giannisi’s eco-poetry challenges the idea that humans are separate from nature

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:05:16 -0000

    For decades, data has told the story of our ecological crisis. Scientists track carbon emissions, map deforestation and log biodiversity loss. Yet …

13. It’s about to be a lot harder to keep countries honest about climate change

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 16:20:12 -0000

    A delay in publishing a scientific report doesn’t usually have serious ramifications for the future of life on Earth. But an impasse between …

14. A Guide to Trump’s Body Parts

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    His brain is of greatest concern, but not the only potential trouble spot. The forthcoming midterm elections are a referendum on President Donald …

15. Sympathy for the Digger

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:48:05 -0000

    Tom Cruise’s oil tycoon blames climate change on consumers. I don’t entirely disagreeBy Nathan Gilles. October 19, 2026. I’ve been writing about …

16. Europe’s Credibility Gap

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    Ngaire Woods, Dean of Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government, Claas Mertens, also at Oxford, have written a piece arguing that Europe, despite its …

17. The world is crumbling in 'The History of Concrete'

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    John Wilson's movie reveals the poetry in one of the world's most common materials — and an environmental catastrophe hiding in plain sight. It’s the …

18. Commentary: Surprise is not an adequate response to predictable causes, effects of eastern South Dakota floods • South Dakota Searchlight

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 19:50:39 -0000

    As the Army Corps of Engineers prepares to host an open house about its study of Lower Big Sioux River flood risks, I’m reminded of a comment …

19. Super Typhoon Champi intensifies to a Cat 5 after battering Guam

    Sun, 18 Oct 2026 18:59:20 -0000

    As Champi buzzsaws its way across the Western Pacific this week, the U.S. coast from North Carolina to New Jersey is bracing for several days of high …

20. Climate-change laid bare

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:30:09 -0000

    Enormous progress across measures of wellbeing alongside widening inequalities can be appreciated when “mapped out”; Maps can show how, overall, …

21. El Niño Could Leave the East Coast Facing Bigger Threat Than Hurricanes

    Sat, 17 Oct 2026 23:29:16 -0000

    As a new nor'easter takes shape in the Atlantic, meteorologists are warning that the widespread impacts associated with such coastal storms could …

22. Letters to the Editor: Millions in investments in Long Beach won’t stop rising sea levels

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    To the editor: As a Long Beach resident, I am saddened by the recent storm damage to our historic Seaside Walk (“Heavy surf, red-tagged homes, a battered boardwalk: Long Beach confronts costly climate reality,” Oct. 11). However, when Mayor Rex Richardson says that the solution to this ongoing …

23. South Africa’s hottest summer yet? These provinces face the biggest heatwave risk

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 10:42:09 -0000

    South Africa is heading into a potentially hot, dry summer, with a strong El Niño expected to increase heatwave risk across much of the country.The …

24. What Is a Kelvin Wave? How El Niño Can Raise West Coast Sea Levels

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    Not a Tsunami or a surfable wave, El Niño’s invisible Kelvin waves can push tides up along the Bay Area shoreline, increasing flood risk. El Niño‘s …

25. COP17: A Global Reckoning for Nature Conservation

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 11:29:02 -0000

    The 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties, or COP17, to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity, or CBD, is a major upcoming …

26. A super El Niño could make this the warmest Chicago winter of the century. Here’s how it could affect beloved holiday traditions.

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 17:38:45 -0000

    It looks like Chicago is in for another warm winter, thanks to a super El Niño. As the weather pattern continues to strengthen across the Pacific …

27. Researchers put bleached corals and healthy corals together for 5 days – and were astounded at what they saw

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 08:56:31 -0000

    As global water temperatures continue to increase, many scientists are concerned about the potential impact on corals, which can bleach and die when …

28. This Brilliant Cartoonist Nails Life’s Ironies: Here Are 29 Of Her Latest Comics

    Mon, 19 Oct 2026 07:27:29 -0000

    Couple discusses climate change AI and plague on couch in cartoon about life’s i Couple discusses climate change AI and plague on couch in cartoon …

29. France: Protests "brought the entire population together for a common purpose"

    Sun, 18 Oct 2026 09:05:03 -0000

    This weekend, in cities across France, some 800,000 protesters, including students, railway workers and members of the Yellow Vest movement, took to the streets in largely peaceful nationwide demonstrations. Sparked by a month of high school student protests over educational inequality and …