Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. The Worst Possible Way to End the Trump Era

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    A recent survey found a little too much affection for an extremely unconstitutional way to oust the president. One of my many cataloged memories of …
  2. 'It's extremely controversial': The bizarre, once-shunned idea that could finally cool our heating planet

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:49:00 -0000

    Human life is facing one of the biggest challenges in its history. Rampant climate change, driven by industrial activity, threatens our entire …
  3. Hurricane season is broken. Two oceans are historically out of whack

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:05:14 -0000

    El Nino is just one reason for a wildly uneven hurricane season. The Atlantic is historically quiet, while the Pacific is a parade of powerful storms. The 2026 hurricane season has been remarkable, from the potentially record-breaking calm in the Atlantic Ocean to the hyperactive eastern and central …
  4. King tides deluge South Florida streets. There’s more flooding to come

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:42:51 -0000

    The one-two punch of a higher-than-usual tide and weeks of heavy rain submerged South Florida streets this weekend and put the region under a coastal …
  5. Scientists analyzed 22,000 hours of bear videos. This is what they learned.

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Virginia Tech researchers sought a better understanding of the factors shaping hibernation. For over a year, scientists at Virginia Tech analyzed videos of black bears in a special bear-monitoring center at their campus in Blacksburg. They wanted to better understand bears’ habits as they prepare to …
  6. This weather threat costs us billions. And it’s about to get worse.

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Scientists are chasing hail to understand what’s happening to these dangerous projectiles. This story was originally published by High Country News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk Collaboration. At a specialized cold lab in Boulder, Colorado, where indoor temperatures hover around …
  7. How an American teacher’s $5,000 donation helped turn a Chinese desert into a lush, green forest

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Ronald Sakolsky couldn’t believe his eyes when he visited China’s Mu Us Desert for the first time in 26 years. “Seeing it with my own eyes, that was the biggest surprise,” he said. HONG KONG — Ronald Sakolsky never thought his money would go this far. What was once a vast, dry desert in northern …
  8. Sea level rise is reshaping a California beach town and threatening a key rail line

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 10:06:00 -0000

    SAN CLEMENTE, Calif. (AP) — For years, residents of this Southern California beach town could walk a mile along a stretch of cream-colored sand and dip their toes in the waves lapping ashore. That trip has been cut short. Coastal erosion has been eating away at the beach in San Clemente, known for …
  9. Bill Gates says getting countries to agree on AI regulations will be harder than Cold War-era nuclear negotiations

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:00:40 -0000

    The Microsoft co-founder said he believes governments should be involved in monitoring what AI does and that it won’t slow down the industry’s progress. Microsoft co-founder and billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates called on the U.S. to be a leader in regulating the growth of artificial …
  10. Giant lake suddenly returns 130 years after vanishing

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 10:43:35 -0000

    Tulare Lake, located in California’s San Joaquin Valley, was once one of the largest bodies of freshwater in the whole of the US. But, some 130 years …
  11. In Africa, Changing the Crops Without Changing the System Is Not Good Enough

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:26:08 -0000

    Millet, sorghum, fonio, Bambara groundnut, cowpea, amaranth, pigeon pea, taro. For decades these crops were treated as the food of the past. Research …
  12. Island nations act as conscience of a warming world

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 16:41:14 -0000

    When Palau President Surangel Samuel Whipps Jr. recently took his children to his nation’s Helen Island, two-thirds of it was gone. Rising seas …
  13. Trump rejects combining US-China AI efforts

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 17:39:18 -0000

    The US president said the country should not cooperate with China on the technology despite growing concerns. United States President Donald Trump has said the country will not be heeding growing calls to regulate the development of artificial intelligence. On Saturday, as he departed the White …
  14. The Pacific Is a Mess of Hurricanes

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 20:37:35 -0000

    Hawaii is on its third close call this season. If you could look down at the Pacific Ocean right now, you’d see three hurricanes spinning in a row, between 15 and 20 degrees north. Furthest east is Polo, an unusually strong hurricane that has been churning off the southern coast of Mexico for nearly …
  15. The death of a star: How climate change and light pollution are changing astronomy

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    The search for favorable astrophotography conditions has only gotten harder due to changing atmospheric conditions, ash and dust from wildfires and …
  16. Over 70% of US Coastal Areas Are Sinking Faster Than 1 Millimeter a Year

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    It's not just rising sea levels that we need to worry about: In many parts of the world, the ground is subsiding beneath our feet too. Sinking land …
  17. Trump TV's intentional brainrot

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 10:45:24 -0000

    Despite everything, I sometimes find it hard not to sympathize with Donald Trump. Like Trump, I also chose to make the site of a future climate catastrophe my permanent home. Like Trump, I live in a home more than a century old and spend each day disgusted with the handiwork of the previous …
  18. Trump talked down the oil crisis all summer. Winter will expose him

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:39:31 -0000

    When Donald Trump took to the stage at the UN General Assembly last week, he had a seemingly endless list of the USA’s triumphs to show off to the …
  19. Reasons For Hope Amid The Global Warming Gloom - OpEd - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 22:54:49 -0000

    Key Takeaways: Before COP31 in Türkiye in November, Australia and Fiji will host an early-October Pacific pre-event after last year’s hosting deal; …
  20. Monster storms slam US east coast

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 09:58:00 -0000

    A massive, unseasonably early nor'easter is slamming the coastal northeast of the US. From New York to Boston, tens of millions of people are bracing for high winds, heavy rains and dangerous coastal waves.
  21. El Niño has surged into record waters. 11 charts and maps that show its strength

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    El Niño, as you might have heard already, is a big deal this year. The eastern Pacific is running as warm as it ever has going back into the record …
  22. Trump slashes Biden-era fuel economy standards for cars

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 01:20:45 -0000

    The new fuel economy standards are the latest assault on Biden-era EV policies. President Donald Trump announced Saturday that he has approved new fuel economy standards for passenger vehicles, in another move meant to take aim at Biden-era policies supporting electric vehicles. Trump said in a Truth …
  23. 600,000 People Could Lose Their Homes On These Islands

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:36:00 -0000

    The Maldives is an independent nation spread across many islands. It has 600,000 residents. At its highest point, it is 10 feet above sea level. …
  24. NOAA Says El Niño Could Reach Historic Strength—What That Means for Fall and Winter

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 13:26:06 -0000

    An already strong El Niño continues to intensify across the tropical Pacific, and forecasters say it could become the most powerful event on record …
  25. ‘Godzilla’ El Niño to be the strongest in living memory. How can we prepare for the unavoidable?

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 05:02:15 -0000

    El Niño can’t be stopped, but experts say better preparation and climate action could reduce the damage both now and in the future. The ‘Godzilla’ El …
  26. Opinion | Donald Trump managed to fail his way into helping the environment

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    How Trump’s terrible policy decisions led to this one surprising outcome How Trump’s war on Iran accidentally helped slow climate change President …
  27. Trump’s Angry Tirade Over Failing Press Ban Reveals His Achilles’ Heel

    Sat, 26 Sep 2026 13:25:54 -0000

    Trump is furious that news organizations are fighting back against his vile efforts to punish their colleagues—because collective resistance to his …
  28. 14 Ancient Cities Built Where Nobody Thought Anyone Could Live

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 11:25:02 -0000

    Read all the way to the end – we save the one detail most people never think about for last. Scroll to the bonus at the end: one simple clue reveals …
  29. Fruits Without Eaters: The Plants That Still Depend on Extinct Animals

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 12:24:15 -0000

    Read all the way to the end – we save the one detail most people never think about for last. Imagine a world where fruit trees bear their bounty year …
  30. The Data Center Backlash Should Also Be a Climate Reckoning. It Isn’t Yet

    Sun, 27 Sep 2026 06:00:00 -0000

    Climate groups are latching onto the data center opposition movement, but it remains to be seen if they can get people to care about the facilities’ …