Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Trump’s Texas Rally Goes Off Rails—and Reveals a Shrinking MAGA Bubble

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:42:48 -0000

   As Trump’s rallies get weirder and weirder, it’s worth asking: Who exactly is he trying to persuade? The Texas Senate race is on a razor’s edge: James …

2. Trump kills methane rule days after a plume was found near his rally

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:32:49 -0000

   A technological revolution is colliding with political decisions in the U.S. and Europe to weaken climate regulations on the potent gas. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pulled back regulations on a major global warming pollutant — just days after a satellite discovered a large plume of methane …

3. Antarctica’s “Doomsday Glacier” could raise sea levels twice as much as predicted

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:22:09 -0000

   A startling new model reveals that Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier could cause twice as much sea level rise as previously predicted, even without …

4. Climate change is a 'global health emergency' and the harms are accelerating, Lancet report warns

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:07:53 -0000

   Extreme heat is also taking a toll on the global economy, the report found. When the Paris Agreement was adopted in 2015, then-President Barack Obama …

5. The Ocean ‘Was the Color of Chocolate.’ Mexico Declares War on Seaweed.

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 09:05:54 -0000

   To protect Mexico’s tourism-reliant economy, the Navy is fighting a massive sargassum bloom that dumps thousands of tons of seaweed onto Caribbean beaches daily. Cmdr. Álvaro Villanueva and his crew were a half mile off Mexico’s coast last month when they spotted their target: a mustard-brown …

6. Paper straws more harmful to environment than plastic ones: Study

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:54:00 -0000

   A new South Korean study claims paper straws hurt the environment more than plastic straws. The findings come from South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, …

7. Another Cowardly Bolsonaro Comes Crying to Donald Trump

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 15:03:34 -0000

   Flávio Bolsonaro has fled to the U.S. after losing Brazil’s presidential election to Lula. He’s joining his brother in political exile—and …

8. Ancient Italian "Miracle Wheat" Found in Attic Could Help Farmers Withstand Drought

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 19:00:00 -0000

   An Italian farmer recognized the mysterious grain in a passage in the Bible. It may also offer an unexpected solution for farmers whose lands are …

9. "Record High": 146 Experts Call to Declare Climate Change a Global Health Emergency

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 01:13:27 -0000

   As record heat interrupts work, overloads hospitals, and claims thousands of lives around the world, international experts are calling for climate …

10. Why are bogs so good at preserving dead bodies?

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:43:00 -0000

    They essentially 'pickle' people. In August of 1984, commercial peat cutters working near Wilmslow, about a half-hour drive south of Manchester, England, discovered a dead body in the moss. The corpse was determined to be a 25-year-old man with a closely shorn beard and well-manicured nails. He had …

11. It Looks Like the Polar Vortex Is About to Do Something ‘Unprecedented’

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 07:54:39 -0000

    Winter is coming, and El Niño won't be the only climatic force shaping it. For the past several months, an El Niño of “super,” “mega,” and “monster” …

12. Solar Panels Are Now Producing So Much Power That They’re Leaving Nuclear Plants in the Dust

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 17:52:00 -0000

    "Solar is now the engine of the power transition." As the world struggles to access oil as a consequence of the US war on Iran, the scramble for …

13. How to Fight Trump’s Corrupt Pardons

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The president is already musing about how he’ll protect his criminal enablers from the reach of the courts. But the legislative branch has the power …

14. ‘Highest king tide ever’ swamps South Florida and exposes danger of sea rise

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 19:20:06 -0000

    UPDATE: Coastal flood warning issued for Miami-Dade and Broward during king tide All signs point to this week’s king tide as the highest in South …

15. EU’s new Arctic strategy signals shift in its geopolitical mindset

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:46:02 -0000

    The EU recently presented its latest Arctic strategy. It is the bloc’s fifth such strategy since 2008 and the first to be published since 2021, a few …

16. CSIRO staff questioned how 'fulsome' to be in response to concerns over Santos Darwin LNG methane tank leak, documents show

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    Australia's national science agency scrambled to spin its role in helping fossil fuel giant Santos investigate a secret 18-year leak from its Darwin …

17. 2026 Weather Photographer of the Year Shortlist Captures Nature at Its Most Dramatic

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 13:45:18 -0000

    Weather can transform a landscape in minutes. Dramatic storms roll in, unusual clouds fill the sky, and fog, snow, or rain can make even a familiar place look completely different. The shortlisted images in the 2026 Weather Photographer of the Year competition capture these fleeting moments from …

18. Look closely: This table actually tells a story about geopolitics

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 17:30:00 -0000

    Artist and designer Fernando Mastrangelo’s practice has always been responsive to the sociopolitical landscape. Rising sea levels and melting glaciers, for example, were the visual impetus for a series of rugs with oozing motifs a decade ago. More recently, he was inspired by Greenland, after the …

19. Chilling map reveals exactly where 'Super El-Nino' deadly heat could kill the most people

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:33:41 -0000

    A chilling new map has revealed where this year’s powerful El Nino and the record global heat it’s driving could kill the most people as the phenomenon is set to cause more severe droughts and wildfires while shrinking water supplies. About 857,000 total deaths could result from El Niño’s extreme …

20. When It Comes to Trump’s Corruption, You Haven’t Seen It All

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 20:34:04 -0000

    Corruptionland streams free online for all Americans one week before Election Day, and TNR readers are getting a first peek. Any way you slice or dice …

21. Britain's King Charles III attends youth rally in the Bahamas

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:51:32 -0000

    Britain’s King Charles III on Tuesday addressed a youth gathering at Clifford Park in Nassau, recalling the Bahamas’ independence celebrations in …

22. How Texas Could End Up Paying Billions to an Israeli Company for Water

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    IDE Technologies hopes to revolutionize—and privatize—the state’s supply of water. This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a …

23. Trump rolls back methane rules for US oil and gas industry

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:29:45 -0000

    Trump is seeking to lower energy costs ahead of next week's midterm elections, as rising oil prices linked to the US war with Iran fuel voter …

24. Renewables to reach 40% of total generating capacity, beat gas within a year – EIA

    Tue, 27 Oct 2026 22:24:38 -0000

    Over the coming year, renewables’ share of total generating capacity will grow from 37.7% to 40.4%, surpassing that of natural gas and outstripping nuclear capacity fivefold, according to new data released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) and reviewed by the SUN DAY …

25. San Francisco braces for potentially historic El Niño

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:25:08 -0000

    San Francisco could be among the hardest-hit areas of California this winter as a potentially historic El Niño threatens to bring heavy rain, coastal …

26. Apocalyptic Super El Niño map shows where most people will die from record-breaking calamity

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 14:26:29 -0000

    These nations are in the hot seat. An alarming map from the Climate Impact Lab shows where Super El Niño will cause the most additional heat deaths as …

27. Climate change is killing the plants of Uluṟu-Kata Tjuṯa. Aṉangu traditional owners are concerned

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 20:09:30 -0000

    When we hear that climate change is damaging natural environments, it conjures images of rising seas eroding coastlines, or heatwaves bleaching the …

28. Record high tides bring flooding and glimpse of sea-level rise to California

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Warm ocean temperatures have expanded the water, making the tides higher than ever in some places. Relatively small waves prevented major damage. Low-lying areas of the California coast flooded for the second straight day Tuesday, as extreme high tides, compounded by warm ocean temperatures, broke …

29. Trump says he's ending restrictions on climate-warming methane from oil drilling

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 06:15:31 -0000

    BILLINGS, Mont. — President Donald Trump said Tuesday that his administration is "terminating" a Biden-era rule that aimed to cut planet-warming emissions of methane from oil and gas drilling. U.N. climate report warns world will soon cross a dangerous threshold Trump said during a campaign rally in …

30. ‘Godzilla’ El Nino set to bring warmer, drier temperatures to Canada

    Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:05:11 -0000

    One of the strongest El Ninos on record could bring a much warmer than normal winter, but the “Godzilla” warming event meteorologists are forecasting …