Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. China’s EV Market Is Booming. There’s Just One Problem

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    More EVs reaching the end of their life means more batteries to recycle. But waste management companies have yet to catch up to the new reality. After …

  2. Europe’s wildfire crisis shifts as some 200,000 French return but new blazes force thousands to flee

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:12:20 -0000

    LE PORGE, France (AP) — Firefighters held a vast wildfire inside its perimeter in southwestern France on Saturday, allowing about 198,000 people to return home after what may have been the country’s largest peacetime evacuation, even as renewed fires forced thousands from their homes elsewhere in …

  3. Taking Greenland won't fix the US's problems in the Arctic, experts say

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:17:01 -0000

    President Donald Trump's repeated calls to acquire Greenland, reiterated most recently at a NATO summit last month in Turkey, have thrust the Arctic into the global political spotlight. The bigger challenge, they say, isn't acquiring more Arctic territory. It's that the US has spent decades …

  4. China’s Giant Solar Park Is Turning a Desert Green—Why Scientists Are Stunned

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:30:00 -0000

    Who would have guessed that installing thousands of solar panels in the middle of a barren desert would do more than just generate electricity? In …

  5. Concerning Map Suggests The Worst May Be Yet to Come For Devastating European Fires

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    It's been a fraught summer in terms of extreme weather events. Heatwaves have set new records. Canada has burnt, Europe is currently on fire. If you're …

  6. A Floating Wind Farm In Portugal Is Having A Surprising Impact On Underwater Habitats

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:47:00 -0000

    According to a UN report, approximately one million species are en route to extinction within decades. For underwater life, in particular, it's out …

  7. Gore’s ‘truth’ aged badly, a disastrous discipline ‘reform’ and other commentary

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:19:40 -0000

    Climate watch: Gore’s ‘Truth’ Aged Badly Al Gore’s alarmist documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” 20 years ago triggered the “inculcation” in “millions …

  8. The Dry Danube: Europe’s legendary river got so low that a cruise ship ran out of food and water

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:13:01 -0000

    As wildfires rage in France and Spain and a renewed heat wave is bearing down on Western Europe, a prolonged drought half a continent away is setting …

  9. Chevron’s profit nearly quadrupled. Drivers are paying for it at $4 a gallon

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:42:10 -0000

    American oil and gas giants raked in massive spring profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments and consumers around …

  10. Climate Change Is Moving Mountains

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:20:25 -0000

    As glaciers melt and rainfall grows more extreme, once-stable lands are shifting. On geological timescales, the Earth is a dynamic place. Tectonic plates shift. Continents move. Mountains rise and fall. But during humanity’s tenure on Earth, the ground beneath our feet has largely stayed put. That …

  11. Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:48 -0000

    Ten U.S. states have legalized systems that can be plugged into standard wall outlets. The technology typically does not require permits or electricians. After watching a YouTube video about solar panels that can be plugged into a regular electrical outlet, Melani Jackson plopped four panels in the …

  12. We revisited a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years. What we found was astounding

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:08:45 -0000

    What’s the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: do we protect forests …

  13. Psychology Says the Reason You Think More Clearly Near Moving Water Is Not Metaphor – Your Brain Enters a Distinct Cognitive State Near Water That Has Its Own Name in Neuroscience and That the Built Environment Cannot Produce

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:00:00 -0000

    Have you ever noticed how a stubborn problem suddenly feels solvable the moment you sit by a river, walk along a shoreline, or listen to rain hitting …

  14. Trump Administration Is Undoing Plans to Boost Workplace Heat Protections

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 09:01:03 -0000

    The Biden administration took steps to shield workers from extreme temperatures. The Trump administration is taking a gentler approach with employers. Republicans in Washington are taking steps to roll back federal workplace heat protections as summer temperatures surge. The Trump administration is …

  15. Extreme Heat Has Transformed What Summer Means Across Generations in Europe

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 04:01:06 -0000

    Rising temperatures and more frequent heat waves have changed the feel of the season for today’s children, compared with their parents and grandparents. Christiane Bielenski took her father and her young children on a sparkling Friday morning in June to the shores of Krumme Lanke lake, in a leafy …

  16. Ukrainian Drone Attacks On Refineries Far From Only Threat To Russia’s Oil Industry - Analysis - Eurasia Review

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:53:45 -0000

    Key Takeaways: Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries have sparked a country-wide gas shortage and cost Moscow significant export earnings. …

  17. Good News, at Last: Coral Reefs Presumed Dead Have Been Found Teeming With Life

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    There's nobody who wants to hear some good news about coral reefs more than me. I celebrated my ninth birthday in Florida by snorkeling on an …

  18. As Europe Burns, a Climate Cover-Up Continues

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The U.K.’s Labour government seems afraid to talk about the climate emergency. “To cover up 1 high level report … looks odd,” remarked Caroline Lucas, …

  19. US proposes cuts to Colorado River use for Arizona, California and Nevada

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:26:26 -0000

    The proposal comes as the river faces a historic water shortage, with reservoirs dropping to levels not seen since 1957. Three western states in the United States would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal to stave off a crisis in the beleaguered waterway. On Friday, the …

  20. Why Is Europe Burning?

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0000

    “We put all these ingredients in a cocktail shaker, and the result is massive fires that far exceed the extinguishing capacity of firefighting teams,” a Spanish firefighter said. On July 15th, a wildfire broke out near the small town of Orés, Spain, in the northern province of Zaragoza. Propelled by …

  21. Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:31:17 -0000

    Climate change's fingerprints are all over the extreme fire weather that sparked this week's devastating wildfires in Spain and France and has spiked …

  22. El Niño is already here. But there's still a 'window of opportunity'

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:14:43 -0000

    In brief El Niño raises the probability of hot and dry conditions in parts of Australia. • Bushfire experts are concerned about what it could mean for …

  23. August forecast calls for more record heat. When will it stop?

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:04:11 -0000

    As the clock ticks down to the start of school for many students and teachers across the southern United States, heat risks will linger for much of …

  24. Shark Week advisory as warming seas push blacktips farther north along East Coast

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:43:43 -0000

    As Shark Week puts the spotlight on ocean predators, researchers say blacktip sharks are spending more time farther north along the East Coast, expanding their summer range into areas where beachgoers historically encountered them less often. Researchers at Florida Atlantic University say warming …

  25. Trump Plans to Impose Deep Cuts to Western States’ Water Usage

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:06:28 -0000

    Arizona, Nevada and California are expected to be hit the hardest as Colorado River levels drop to historic lows. Arizona, California and Nevada are …

  26. Germany's heat death toll nears 10,000

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:51:01 -0000

    Germany's heat-related death toll for 2026 has already surpassed every full-year total since 2016 — and is expected to climb as another spell of …

  27. Strong El Nino 'adding fuel to a planet already on fire', warns UN chief

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:41:11 -0000

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that a strengthening El Niño is intensifying an already worsening climate crisis, saying the weather phenomenon is "adding fuel to a planet already on fire" and could drive record-breaking global temperatures. A strengthening El Nino that could …

  28. Building for 131°F: Europe races to protect its infrastructure from a ‘quiet catastrophe’

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:00:01 -0000

    Gripped by drought, raging wildfires and a summer of weather extremes, countries across Europe are scrambling to address the widely underestimated …

  29. Antarctic Interior Hits Minus 119.4 Degrees Fahrenheit, Earth’s Lowest Recorded Temperature in More Than a Decade

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    While much of the Northern Hemisphere is sweltering through summer, Antarctica remains firmly in winter’s grip. Temperatures on the ice-covered …

  30. Endorsement: One candidate is ready to be California’s insurance commissioner. The other would be a disaster

    Sat, 01 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    For the first time in history, California voters will choose between two Democrats in the November race for state insurance commissioner: Jane Kim, a …