Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The Human Population Has Already Surpassed the Optimal Size by Nearly 6 Billion People

   Wed, 27 May 2026 20:53:58 -0000

   The ideal number of humans on Earth is around 2.5 billion and a major study explains what that means for our future. The world’s population is still …

2. The river that supplies 40 million Americans is down to 23% — and about to make a $25 million bet on one fish

   Wed, 27 May 2026 14:18:51 -0000

   As the Colorado River and its once massive reservoirs shrink from overuse and climate change, officials are faced with a decision that pits …

3. Hotter than July: Can electrification save humanity from soaring heat?

   Wed, 27 May 2026 19:49:35 -0000

   Europe's in meltdown... and it's not even June yet. A not-so merry month of May as record highs explode under a heat dome that’s drifted north from the Sahara. After the frying pan of an energy crisis, the fire of a heatwave forcing a reset by the same politicians who pandered to those who …

4. Australia’s old environment laws were a box-ticking exercise. Sadly, the new ones could be too

   Wed, 27 May 2026 20:14:41 -0000

   For a quarter century, Australia’s environment laws were widely regarded as not fit for purpose. In 2020, a scathing review by Professor Graeme …

5. Patagonia Is Suing Pattie Gonia. She Just Fired Back for the First Time.

   Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:45 -0000

   For the first time since outdoor apparel manufacturer Patagonia filed its lawsuit against drag queen Pattie Gonia, the climate activist is publicly firing back. On May 27, Pattie Gonia released a video and an open letter to Patagonia, asking the company to drop its legal claim that she violated a …

6. The Most Dangerous Volcanic Threat to America Is Coming. And It Doesn’t Need an Eruption to Begin.

   Wed, 27 May 2026 18:28:52 -0000

   These fast-moving mudflows can devastate towns in a matter of minutes. After Mount St. Helens erupted in 1980, experts were faced with a precarious question: How can we best prepare for when—not if—the next volcanic eruption in the Cascade Range occurs? Triggered by a 5.1-magnitude earthquake, the …

7. Western Europe is roasting in unprecedented spring heat – and it’s not alone

   Wed, 27 May 2026 17:36:34 -0000

   Climate scientist Christophe Cassou said the heat in France would have been virtually impossible in the preindustrial era. Astounding, summer-like …

8. Trump’s EPA Declares It’s “Futile” to Fight Climate Change

   Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:00 -0000

   This blog was coauthored by Mark Drajem, federal media & public affairs director, NRDC. As the nation copes with record heat and drought and …

9. The Pentagon Knows the True Threat of Climate Denialism. Too Bad They Can’t Do Anything About It.

   Wed, 27 May 2026 22:07:00 -0000

   Newly uncovered documents reveal that the military very recently identified potentially dire geopolitical consequences of climate change. Then a climate denier moved into the Oval Office. The good people at the National Security Archive generally provide us with the skinny on government malfeasance …

10. A giant warm wave is crossing the Pacific, signaling an El Niño that could alter weather worldwide this year

    Wed, 27 May 2026 19:00:01 -0000

    Waves of higher, warmer water move eastward across the Pacific Ocean a few months before an El Niño emerges. Several have shown up in 2026 satellite …

11. Chile’s Atacama desert is becoming the world’s biggest battery farm

    Wed, 27 May 2026 20:25:52 -0000

    ContourGlobal, the independent power producer backed by KKR, has inaugurated a nearly $500 million solar-and-storage facility in Chile’s Atacama desert that stores daytime solar energy and delivers it after sundown. The Victor Jara hybrid plant combines 231 megawatt-peak of photovoltaic capacity …

12. 42% of homeowners say insurance costs have gone up 'a lot,' survey finds. Here's why

    Wed, 27 May 2026 12:15:01 -0000

    Homeowners insurance costs have been rising fast in the U.S. — and policyholders are taking notice. About 71% of homeowners said the cost of their …

13. Scientists Map Out Scenario of Global Population Crash by 2064

    Wed, 27 May 2026 17:33:24 -0000

    Scientists have mapped out a scenario of a global population crisis by the year 2064. The research by Alessio Zaccone and the late Kostya Trachenko, …

14. Sunrise Movement Backs Saikat Chakrabarti, Progressive Firebrand Behind the Green New Deal

    Wed, 27 May 2026 19:21:52 -0000

    The former AOC staffer is an at-times divisive figure known for provoking the political establishment. Sunrise argues he’s needed in Congress to take …

15. Trump Twisted a Climate Debate Beyond Recognition

    Tue, 26 May 2026 07:27:15 -0000

    ​Researchers concluded that one future climate scenario is unlikely to happen. Right-wingers went wild. Over the last few weeks, the United States …

16. Data Center Firm Backed by Oaktree Plans to Sell Carbon Credits to Hyperscalers

    Wed, 27 May 2026 16:23:38 -0000

    Pure Data Centres, a UK firm backed by private credit specialist Oaktree Capital Management, is launching a platform to sell carbon-removal credits …

17. Super El Nino: If you think it’s hot now, time to brace for what is coming next

    Wed, 27 May 2026 14:22:57 -0000

    There’s definitely something coming. We’re very confident about that, and it looks like it will be a big event.” Adam Scaife, head of long-range …

18. World's Fastest-Warming Continent Swelters Under Record 'Heat Dome'

    Wed, 27 May 2026 12:00:24 -0000

    Europe, which is in the throes of a record-smashing heatwave this week, is the world's fastest-warming continent and stretches into an even more …

19. Hurricane forecasters fear supercharged, early-season storms in 2026

    Wed, 27 May 2026 17:45:25 -0000

    A lack of hurricane activity near the Gulf Coast in 2025 has left the region with a lot of hot water, ready to fuel hurricane activity. Just two weeks into the 1972 hurricane season, a tropical depression formed near the Yucatán Peninsula. When it moved ashore in the Florida Panhandle just four …

20. A warmer world creates bigger and more damaging hailstones, study says

    Wed, 27 May 2026 21:38:33 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — A warmer world will likely make bigger and more damaging hail, a new study said. Because climate change from the burning of fossil …

21. 'Shameful': Outrage as New Zealand scraps its standalone environment department

    Wed, 27 May 2026 08:32:44 -0000

    In brief New Zealand is set to scrap its ministry for the environment entirely. • The move has been widely condemned by both the NZ Greens and Labour …

22. Archaeologists Found Evidence of Ancient Humans Living Where No One Thought They Could

    Wed, 27 May 2026 18:00:00 -0000

    A 150,000-year-old site in Côte d'Ivoire nearly doubles previous estimates of how long ago humans first lived in rainforests. Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Scientists believed that the harsh conditions of rainforests likely led early humans to avoid exploring these regions. • Now, a …

23. 'Poised to disintegrate': Antarctica's 'Doomsday Glacier' is set to lose its ice shelf this year

    Wed, 27 May 2026 18:00:51 -0000

    A vital ice shelf is about to break away from Antarctica's "Doomsday Glacier," further destabilizing one of the world's largest and most vulnerable …

24. Human composting turns bodies to soil — and the trend is growing

    Wed, 27 May 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    The process breaks down corpses until they become dirt. Now it's an option in Maryland. From the outside, the grocery-store-size facility that sits off a highway a short drive from Baltimore looks like a Costco store. Inside is the equipment for one of the funeral industry’s fastest-growing trends: …

25. Cloud seeding is Kazakhstan's latest weapon against drought and crop failure but does it work?

    Wed, 27 May 2026 09:26:45 -0000

    Experts from the United Arab Emirates are sharing their experience with Central Asian authorities. Kazakhstan is betting on artificial rain as the …

26. No Pathways, no pipeline: How Alberta’s massive carbon storage project would work, if built

    Wed, 27 May 2026 15:43:40 -0000

    There’s no pipeline without Pathways and no Pathways without a pipeline. That was the quid pro quo spelled out in a sweeping energy accord signed …

27. An invisible smoke is spreading across US cities – and making people more violent

    Wed, 27 May 2026 17:00:00 -0000

    Flames tower over the redwoods. A thick blanket of dense, black smoke spirals upwards, leaving behind a pungent, acrid stench. A fierce wind howls, …

28. The dying Dead Sea: a man-made disaster

    Wed, 27 May 2026 17:25:06 -0000

    The Dead Sea, the lowest point on earth, is dying. The intensely salty body of water - a huge tourist draw - has been shrinking at a rate of about four feet annually for decades. The causes: climate change-driven heat and man-made mining. The Dead Sea’s slow demise is denting tourism, causing …

29. Surveys capture the pulsing of mantle plumes—a potential cause of mass extinctions

    Wed, 27 May 2026 12:40:00 -0000

    The textbook view of mantle plumes—the long-lived columns of hot rock that rise from deep in the planet—makes them seem like giant blowtorches, …

30. Gog-Magog Is Human Greed Generating Up Climate Change – OpEd

    Wed, 27 May 2026 14:33:21 -0000

    Extreme weather is becoming more frequent as Earth’s warming builds. Experts say that deadly weather extremes that sometimes strike at abnormal times …