Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The Cybertruck’s Death Is Actually Great News for EVs

   Fri, 06 Nov 2026 22:31:15 -0000

   Tesla’s biggest faiure is the second massive EV to get the axe within the last year, while smaller vehicles are proliferating. It could be a huge …

2. The Arctic Polar Vortex Is Collapsing Earlier in the Season Than Ever Documented—but We Don’t Know How It’ll Affect Global Weather

   Fri, 06 Nov 2026 15:00:00 -0000

   Something strange is happening in the skies above the Arctic: the polar vortex is collapsing unusually early. The polar vortex is a ring of westerly …

3. As the Japanese Countryside Empties Out, Wildlife Is Disappearing

   Fri, 06 Nov 2026 14:05:42 -0000

   The Japanese population is in decline, but the downward trend is especially pronounced in rural areas. The loss of people might be expected to lead …

4. Inside the insurance industry’s destruction lab : Planet Money

   Fri, 06 Nov 2026 22:30:00 -0000

   When you think of someone burning down a house for insurance purposes, you don't imagine it would ever be the insurance company itself lighting the match. But that's essentially what's happening inside a giant destruction laboratory, funded by the insurance industry, in the woods of South Carolina. …

5. Canada Gets One Step Closer to Becoming an Energy Superpower

   Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:36:20 -0000

   On routs begetting routs, Google’s second CCS project, and Poland’s nuclear progress Current conditions: Late-week downpours and cooler temperatures …

6. Solar above, fish below: Double-decker farms could rival US power use

   Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:00:43 -0000

   Solar panels above, fish below: That’s the idea behind aquavoltaics, an emerging way to pair solar power with fish farming. Freshwater aquaculture …

7. Polar vortex weakens weeks ahead of schedule, raising risk of cold spells

   Fri, 06 Nov 2026 21:55:31 -0000

   Meteorologists warn that an unprecedented early disruption of the polar vortex could increase the risk of cold spells across the Northern Hemisphere, …

8. You Can’t Make America Healthy by Letting Polluters Off the Hook

   Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:00:04 -0000

   One might think, from President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of his administration’s plan to gut federal methane protections, that he was doing everyday Americans a huge favor. He claimed that this action was a win for consumers, but the real winners are polluters. They’ve been handed yet …

9. How The Oligarchs Lost in the Midterms

   Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:35:06 -0000

   Billionaires don’t often lose elections. They did this time. If you want to know who the biggest midterms loser is, that is, of course, Donald Trump. …

10. This Greek ship has collected enough waste from remote shorelines to fill 22 Olympic swimming pools

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:02:22 -0000

    The 20-member cleaning team has created the largest database on marine pollution in the Mediterranean. With the longest coastline of any country on …

11. The Tide Could Be Turning on Global Climate Cooperation

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:14:54 -0000

    The U.S. midterms were not fought on climate policy, and the Democrats’ overwhelming win should not be read as a sign that the United States is on a clear path back to climate leadership. But there are good reasons to think the shift can still prove significant for global climate action. Over the …

12. Ten days of elections around the world may shape future of climate debate

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:11:40 -0000

    From the US to Brazil, Israel and Serbia, the far right have been delivered a number of mammoth blows In the wake of the US midterm elections, the …

13. Voters Just Changed the Trajectory of the Supreme Court

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 20:58:22 -0000

    The blue wave didn’t just hand Democrats control of the House and Senate. They’ve won back favorable terrain on the future of the federal …

14. Bono explains why he doesn't 'feel up' to negotiating with Donald Trump's administration

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:57:56 -0000

    Bono doesn't feel "up to" working with Donald Trump's administration and thinks the US political climate is very different to how it has been in the past.

15. Future warming events will outdo the extreme heat waves of the recent past, new study finds

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 21:00:01 -0000

    The extreme heat waves we have seen over the last few years may only serve as a preview of what is to come as a result of climate change. A new study …

16. Greek Islands Were Connected Into One Giant Landmass 20,000 Years Ago

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:08:22 -0000

    Mykonos, Paros, Naxos, Ios, Tinos and Andros are some of the most popular Greek islands in the Aegean, yet in the Ice Age they were all comprising …

17. The U.S. States Losing the Most Forest

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:10:00 -0000

    Forest land is rapidly disappearing in the United States. According to a recent report from the U.S. Forest Monitor, a collaborative research program …

18. The Ozone Hole Is the Largest It's Been in a Decade

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 17:05:21 -0000

    Scientists at NASA and NOAA found the hole to be nearly three times the size of the United States this year. The ozone hole has made its annual …

19. ‘No Escape’ for refugees on the frontlines of the climate crisis

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    The climate emergency is an immediate crisis for refugees, with three in four – nearly 90 million people – living in countries facing high to severe …

20. New Florida Property-Tax Cut May Bring an Unwanted Side Effect

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:00:41 -0000

    The reduction in local-government funding, including for firefighters and building inspectors, could lead to higher home insurance rates. Florida’s …

21. EPA Pulls the Plug on Regulating Air Pollution From Giant Livestock and Poultry Operations

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    The agency says it will suspend efforts, in the works for more than 20 years, to develop measures that would allow the agency to enforce bedrock …

22. A Massive Polar Vortex Could Form in the Next 24 Hours

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 12:23:00 -0000

    A polar vortex is a large circulation of strong winds that spins around the North Pole, 10 to 30 miles above the Earth’s surface. Winter weather may …

23. The Great Pacific Garbage Patch May Be Changing The Color of The Ocean

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    There's a monster lurking in the middle of the North Pacific Ocean, neither kraken nor Cthulhu, but a growing behemoth of humanity's creation. The …

24. The Question Now Isn’t About Democrats. It’s What Will Republicans Do?

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 15:24:03 -0000

    Now that Donald Trump is the lamest of lame ducks, will Republicans finally realize that they have spines and do what’s right for the …

25. How an Undecided Congressman Is Thinking Through the Permitting Bill

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:36:23 -0000

    A conversation with Rep. Mike Levin of California It’s crunch time for the Senate’s bipartisan permitting reform and transmission bill. In three days, …

26. An unexpected feedback loop may be driving mega heatwaves

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:00:00 -0000

    Mid-latitude regions such as Europe are set to suffer more intense heatwaves than previously thought, according to new research that has uncovered a …

27. Three-quarters of world's displaced people face severe climate risks, UN says

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 23:34:08 -0000

    Nearly 90 million forcibly displaced people, or three-quarters of the global total, live in countries highly exposed to climate hazards, the UN Refugee Agency said on Friday, urging action ahead of the COP31 climate summit in Turkey. It said droughts, floods and extreme heat were making lasting …

28. This $749 device turns seawater into drinking water

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Former SpaceX engineers launched a startup that aims to make clean drinking water more accessible around the world. If your city’s water supply gets shut off in a disaster, extra bottled water in your cupboard won’t last long. A startup founded by former SpaceX engineers proposes a different option …

29. South Korea tests Arctic shipping route amid Russia-West row

    Thu, 05 Nov 2026 09:45:00 -0000

    For South Korean ships, navigating off the north coast of Russia dramatically reduces travel time to Europe, but the pro-Ukraine coalition might see …

30. Climate change has stopped the next ice age

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    Earth has had five major ice ages in its geographic history. In fact, we’re supposed to be in one right now. But global carbon emissions have stopped …