Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Australian summer is undergoing a 'total transformation,' scientists warn

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:39:28 -0000

    The Australian summer is undergoing a "total transformation", as scientists warn climate change made a recent blistering heatwave five times more …

  2. What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:49:53 -0000

    In the summer of 1959, a group of American soldiers began carving trenches in the Greenland ice sheet. Those trenches would become the snow-covered …

  3. 'Nobody’s going to believe him': Trump’s Greenland 'deal' sparks relief — and confusion

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:40:31 -0000

    Markets and some European leaders welcomed the news that U.S. President Donald Trump was standing down from imposing further tariffs on European …

  4. How Much TACO Trump Crumbled on Greenland Deal Revealed

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 03:17:39 -0000

    The president backed down just hours after a fiery speech in Davos. Details of Donald Trump’s dramatic U-Turn on his demands to purchase and control …

  5. EU holds emergency summit amid Greenland upheaval

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:24:00 -0000

    US President Trump's sudden declaration of a "breakthrough" on Greenland seemed to render an emergency EU summit partly moot, as it was originally …

  6. ‘Who the Hell Said That?’: Trump Implodes in Davos After Bragging World Leaders Worshipped Him With a Nickname — Then Scrambles to Walk It Back When a Telling Gesture Exposes the Truth

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:52:07 -0000

    Donald Trump botched his facade of political dominance in front of a global audience while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, …

  7. Why This Weekend’s Winter Storm Is Going to Suck Extra Bad

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:16:57 -0000

    A warming Arctic set the stage for a massive winter storm expected to stretch 2,000 miles across the Eastern U.S. this weekend. The eastern two-thirds …

  8. From Wind Farms to Stolen Elections: Fact-Checking Donald Trump’s Speech at Davos

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:39:52 -0000

    In his much anticipated speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to take over Greenland, railed against wind farms, and criticized what he claimed was an imbalance in trade between the United States and the rest of the world. He also …

  9. On Michigan Cherry Farms, Small Falcons Are Improving Food Safety

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:14:16 -0000

    Kestrels are already abundant on local cherry farms, but a new study suggests their presence might lower the risk of food-borne illnesses caused by …

  10. Top business leaders issue an expletive-laced message on the green backlash

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:29:08 -0000

    Top business leaders this week delivered an expletive-laden plea in defense of climate action, describing the backlash to Europe's green transition …

  11. Mapped: The True Size of Greenland, Compared to Most World Maps

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 03:20:30 -0000

    With a population smaller than a mid-sized American suburb and an economy heavily dependent on Danish subsidies, Greenland would seem an unlikely …

  12. Al Gore, Howard Lutnick and Christine Lagarde: What really happened at that Davos dinner

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:49:26 -0000

    DAVOS, Switzerland – Al Gore didn’t like what Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick had to say at a private dinner here at the World Economic Forum – but …

  13. Potentially historic winter storm to slam much of the US with destructive ice and heavy snow

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 14:58:10 -0000

    More than half of the United States is about to face one of the most sprawling and menacing winter storms in years, one that threatens to deliver a potentially historic blow of snow and ice. The long-lasting storm begins Friday, and by its end on Monday, will have dropped a foot or more of snow and …

  14. Greenland’s strategic position in seven maps: Why Trump wants the island

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:56:16 -0000

    The world’s largest island sits in the Arctic Circle and is strategically and economically valuable. US President Donald Trump is in Davos, Switzerland, to attend the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum (WEF), where the issue of Greenland will be front and centre. Trump’s long-running …

  15. We’re Racing Down the Highway to a Mad Max World

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:07:44 -0000

    Climate Impacts Tracker dubbed 2025 The Year of Climate Disasters, noting, “Flash floods tearing up a Himalayan village in India, hurricanes and …

  16. Christine Spolar Joins ICN as Associate Publisher - Inside Climate News

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:14:57 -0000

    Award-winning journalist, producer and editor Christine Spolar has joined Inside Climate News as associate publisher, a newly created position, after …

  17. Historic winter storm: 235 million in path of dangerous snow, ice with first impacts in less than 24 hours

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:57:34 -0000

    A trailing blast of Arctic air associated with the polar vortex is expected to bring a dangerous re-freeze that could create long-duration power …

  18. Over 1,600 US ski resorts have been abandoned. Now, many are being reborn as MTB trails

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:02:00 -0000

    As climate change kills off small ski resorts across the Midwest and Northeast, their steep hillsides are being transformed into the next generation …

  19. Trump launches 'Board of Peace'; ICE memo expands home entry powers

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:34:40 -0000

    Full story President Donald Trump formally launches his new “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, despite several major U.S. allies …

  20. Watch: How was Trump's Davos speech received?

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:22:33 -0000

    US President Donald Trump took to the stage in Davos, Switzerland to speak at the annual World Economic Forum, and gave a speech featuring topics ranging from Europe's green policies to Greenland. Trump told the room he would not use force in Greenland - but also launched a long argument for why the …

  21. The world has entered an era of ‘global water bankruptcy’, UN warns. What does it actually mean?

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:00:51 -0000

    Decades of human activity have left “irreversible damage” to the planet’s water supply, a new report warns. Human activity has pushed the world into …

  22. Renewables muscle fossil fuels out of EU electricity market, says research

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:46:50 -0000

    Solar and wind power provided more electricity than coal and gas last year, leading a global trend, said think tank Ember. Solar and wind power outperformed fossil fuels in the European Union for the first time last year, a new high watermark on Europe’s transition to green and autonomous energy. The …

  23. The world is entering an era of "water bankruptcy," U.N. report warns

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:32:00 -0000

    The planet is entering an era of global "water bankruptcy," a United Nations research agency said in a new report, which warns that humans' water use …

  24. Trump Says He Reached the Outline of a Deal Over the Future of Greenland

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 22:57:26 -0000

    Also, the Supreme Court seems skeptical of Trump’s attempt to fire a Fed governor. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday. President Trump took the stage today in a room full of world leaders and demanded that the U.S. assume ownership of Greenland. He issued several explicit and implicit threats …

  25. The planet has entered an era of 'water bankruptcy,' according to new UN report

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:53:47 -0000

    Some of the impacts to water systems are irreversible, according to the report. The world has entered an era of global "water bankruptcy," as …

  26. Why has this North Texas winter storm been so hard to predict?

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 19:51:12 -0000

    North Texas began the week with cool and dry skies, but will end it with snow and freezing temperatures. An Arctic cold front will arrive in the …

  27. Australia is doing absolutely everything to the Great Barrier Reef — except the one thing that matters

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Australia is doing absolutely everything to protect its most iconic ecosystem — except, perhaps, the one thing that really matters. CAIRNS, Australia — “I just got a whiff,” said Peter Harrison, a marine scientist, as he leaned over the edge of the boat and pointed his flashlight into the dark …

  28. Fact-checking Trump's Greenland-focused Davos speech

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:09:13 -0000

    This article originally appeared on Politifact. As he prodded European leaders to let the U.S. take Greenland, President Donald Trump made several …

  29. Davos is confronting two problems. Trump might be the easier one

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 06:01:01 -0000

    New York — The annual World Economic Forum confab known as Davos has always had an optics problem. Picture a bunch of people descending in private jets to eat steak and appear on panels about alleviating poverty and fighting climate change (among other noble goals), while clinking cocktail glasses …

  30. Lebanon’s orchards have been burnt, wildlife habitat destroyed by Israeli strikes – raising troubling international law questions

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 13:34:34 -0000

    More than a year after a ceasefire nominally ended active fighting, much of southern Lebanon bears the ecological scars of war. Avocado orchards are …