Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Climate change is unearthing new archeological discoveries, while also threating them

   Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:23:05 -0000

   NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Jørgen Hollesen, a Senior Researcher at the National Museum of Denmark, about how climate change is impacting the study of archaeology.

2. World must look to the past to prepare for likely unprecedented El Niño

   Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:47:45 -0000

   Countries across the world are bracing for what is increasingly certain to be a historic El Niño, with latest modeling suggesting the 2026-2027 event …

3. The Ongoing Betrayal of Our Afghan Allies

   Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:37:08 -0000

   Tens of thousands of Afghans are stuck in legal limbo as the Trump administration makes it more difficult for them to arrive in the United States and …

4. Climate change and corruption are also driving up interest rates

   Sun, 23 Aug 2026 19:00:00 -0000

   As Paul Keating would say, the pet shop galahs are talking about the reason long-term interest rates are surging: the competing demands for money …

5. Where water conflicts pose the biggest threat in 2026

   Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:13:23 -0000

   Water-related conflicts have nearly quadrupled since 2020. As World Water Week begins, Al Jazeera unpacks the data. The sharp rise in water-related conflicts in recent years is in focus as the World Water Week conference begins on Sunday in Sweden’s capital, Stockholm, and online. With the theme …

6. Bigger, Hotter Fires Are Slowly Erasing America’s Great Forests

   Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:22 -0000

   Towering woodlands in the West are being permanently replaced by tracts of spiky shrubs. Conditions “just aren’t normal anymore,” one researcher said. On a gentle slope on the western side of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where a towering green canopy of ponderosa pines had stood for centuries, …

7. Thousands march in Sweden climate demonstration as election looms

   Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:49:00 -0000

   It comes just weeks ahead of a general election where the issue is among voters’ top concerns.

8. Burning Questions Confront Wildland Firefighters in Maine and Across New England

   Sun, 23 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   Wildfire officials in the region don’t know what long-term impacts federal personnel reductions and proposed research station closures will have on …

9. Record numbers of climate crisis insects: what to do if you spot a praying mantis

   Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:30:41 -0000

   This summer, unusually many praying mantises can be spotted in German gardens. How to distinguish the "Mantid religiosa" from a grasshopper and what …

10. America’s Desert Metropolis Is on the Short List to Lose Water

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:25:44 -0000

    Decades ago, Arizona won funding for a massive Colorado River project by agreeing to be first in line for cuts at a time of deep drought. The Trump administration says that time has come. From a secure, windowless room in northern Phoenix, technicians control the Colorado River water that sustains …

11. Europe wildfires intensify as Serbia and North Macedonia battle major blazes

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 20:35:30 -0000

    Serbia and North Macedonia battle major wildfires as heatwaves and drought fuel fires across Europe.

12. The World’s Breadbaskets Are Getting Pounded by War, Weather and Trade Spats

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:36:20 -0000

    Bad harvests and attacks on trade passages threaten to drive food prices higher. Instant noodles. Hot chapatis. Sliced bread. Wheat is at the heart of the modern diet, and this year, it is facing an accumulation of modern dangers. The breadbaskets of the world are getting pummeled by drone strikes …

13. How “thunderquakes” could help reveal hidden structures inside the Earth

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    When lightning strikes, it superheats the air around it and creates a shock wave that we hear as thunder. But thunder doesn’t just travel through the …

14. Volcanoes that made history

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:02:54 -0000

    Enormous eruptions altered Earth’s climate and societies all over the globe. The first telegram arrived in Singapore on a Monday, sent from the city …

15. US Wildfires Burn 7.7 Million Acres, Almost Double From 2025

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:43:55 -0000

    2026 already has had the most wildfires in a decade. Despite August not being over, 2026 is already one of the worst years for American wildfires in …

16. Poor infrastructure and land use worsen India’s monsoon floods

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 10:45:00 -0000

    Researchers say Assam’s devastating 2026 floods were driven more by urbanisation, deforestation and structural vulnerabilities than by climate …

17. Setting Wildfires To Stop Wildfires Is Expensive

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:14:00 -0000

    It is what is called a “controlled burn.” Fire experts start wildfires to burn out parts of forests. The theory is that these areas can’t fuel larger …

18. Meet the Florida architect who lost his roof at 12 — and now builds for the next Andrew

    Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:54:50 -0000

    One day there was a roof. The next morning it was gone. Jeffrey Huber still remembers the day some 34 years ago when Hurricane Andrew blew off the …

19. AI is the Latest and Best-Financed Cult to Emerge from California - 3 Quarks Daily

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 08:00:26 -0000

    Had the historian of California, Mike Davis, lived long enough to take in the spectacle of the AI boom, he very well may have seen a through line to …

20. Diarrhea Summer: Brought to You by Trump, Big Ag, and the Climate Crisis | Common Dreams

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:36:06 -0000

    This cyclosporiasis outbreak is a bright red, flashing warning light: Without quick action and systemic changes to our food system, the next outbreak …

21. The Price of Bread

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:31:18 -0000

    War, climate shocks and trade disputes are pounding the world’s breadbaskets and pushing the global food system into dangerous territory. Katrin is away this week; I’ll be your host. We’re going to start the week by looking at the trouble in the world’s breadbaskets. One of the most ominous facets of …

22. Powerful storm hits Baltic countries, killing 2 and leaving hundreds of thousands without power

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 11:43:25 -0000

    WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Two people died and around half a million people were left without electricity across Latvia and Lithuania after a powerful cyclone, bringing rain and strong winds, hit the region on Saturday and into Sunday morning. “This seems to be the most severe storm in Latvia since 2005 …

23. Trump Posts Map Labeling Strait of Hormuz Region “New U.S. Territory”

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 12:32:33 -0000

    WASHINGTON D.C. — Donald J. Trump posted a graphic on Truth Social captioned “NEW U.S. Territory” overlaid on a map of the Persian Gulf, Iran, the …

24. ‘Very hot or extremely hot’: Southern California faces hottest week of the year

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 22:33:39 -0000

    As temperature soared and Angelenos wilted on Sunday, forecasters had an unwelcome message: Another week of heat is coming. In fact, this probably will be the hottest week so far in this unusually hot year. The National Weather Service is warning of a high risk of heat-related illness as a heat wave …

25. Romania is falling behind the renewables race. Can the EU's biggest solar farm save it?

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 05:00:26 -0000

    The Dama Solar farm in Romania could produce enough power for almost one million people. The EU’s largest solar farm has taken one step closer to …

26. Thousands rally in Sweden to protest climate policies ahead of general election

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 14:59:12 -0000

    Some 10,000 people rallied in Stockholm on Sunday to demand stronger action on climate change, weeks before Sweden’s general election. Climate campaigner Greta Thunberg joined the rally, as organisers accused the government of weakening emissions policies and urged politicians to act faster to meet …

27. Trump ordered to release billions in climate grants meant for Black communities

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    From the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, to sewage problems in Alabama, stalled projects could get new life after federal court rulings. This …

28. Seeds Sprouting After 3,000 Years

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:39:55 -0000

    What do you get when archaeologists find a cache of ancient seeds buried deep in frozen soil? Something that shouldn’t be possible according to our …

29. 'Exceptional' summer heatwaves in Europe hurting economies

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 18:54:12 -0000

    Across Europe, extreme weather is drying up rivers. From the Rhine to the Danube to the Po, critical waterways are falling to record-low …

30. Analysis Shows All Those Data Centers Under Construction Will Output As Much CO2 As 24 Million Cars

    Sat, 22 Aug 2026 21:05:00 -0000

    We've known for a while that AI's endless thirst for more power was going to lead to a lot more emissions in the short term. A new analysis puts what …