Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. On This Day: Arctic Circle reaches record-setting 100 degrees

    Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:00:06 -0000

    On June 20, 2020, the town of Verkhoyansk, Russia, reached a temperature of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest temperature ever recorded in the …

  2. 'It belongs to all of us': How the High Seas Treaty is shaping global waters

    Sat, 20 Jun 2026 05:02:34 -0000

    The High Seas Treaty entered into force in January 2026. Euronews Earth spoke to the High Seas Alliance's Nathalie Rey about what it means. "The high …

  3. Most portable air conditioners suck – but there's an easy fix

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:08:41 -0000

    Thinking of getting a portable air conditioner as sweltering heatwaves become more common? You will want to know that many, if not most, portable air …

  4. Jeff Bezos pledged $10 billion for climate change. With the 2030 clock ticking, his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, is leading the charge to spend it

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 11:53:13 -0000

    In 2020, Jeff Bezos made what remains the largest individual philanthropic commitment to climate and nature ever: $10 billion, to be fully disbursed …

  5. Trump's Reflecting Pool Disaster Exposed as More Details Revealed on Firm That Won No-Bid Contract

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:33:16 -0000

    New reports have revealed the full scope of President Donald Trump's disastrous renovation of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool, which the …

  6. The Trump DOJ Is Trying to Do Elon Musk a Big Favor

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 03:44:11 -0000

    This article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news analysis. It was originally published at Balls and Strikes. Since August of last …

  7. 'Great countries don't hide from their history’: Inside Trump's restoration crisis

    Sat, 20 Jun 2026 01:17:48 -0000

    ABC's Stephanie Ramos spoke with Alan Spears, of the National Parks Conservation Association, about President Trump’s effort to remove civil rights …

  8. Andy Burnham and Doomsday Cults

    Sat, 20 Jun 2026 07:00:07 -0000

    openDemocracy Weekly Newsletter 20 June 2026 In this week's issue How a pseudo-religious doomsday ‘cult’ infiltrated the UN, the EU Parliament, and the …

  9. 1,200-year-old oak tree once hid 'Robin Hood' in its branches. Now it's time for farewell

    Sat, 20 Jun 2026 00:45:00 -0000

    The tree first came to attention 200 years ago when a British soldier wrote about it in a book In the heart of England’s 450-hectare Sherwood Forest …

  10. Trump Administration Backs Off Plan to End Ocean Monitoring

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:01:33 -0000

    The reversal comes after the Senate passed a bipartisan bill on Wednesday to block the removal of deep-sea monitoring instruments. The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to dismantle a $368 million ocean monitoring system critical to understanding climate change and marine ecosystems, …

  11. Heatwaves: five reasons why Victorian houses are cooler than modern buildings

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 07:41:37 -0000

    More than four million homes were built in the UK during the Victorian era. Victorian homes were constructed long before the complex computer models …

  12. 1,200-year-old Robin Hood oak tree in Sherwood Forest has died, group says: "Heartbreaking for everyone"

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 11:29:18 -0000

    A massive ancient oak tree linked to the legend of Robin Hood may have been loved to death. The 1,200-year-old Major Oak in Sherwood Forest is …

  13. Trump administration reveals list of civil rights, climate change materials removed from national parks

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 17:46:00 -0000

    The materials relate to civil rights, diverse communities and climate change. The Trump administration revealed the list of materials that the …

  14. Trump backs down on plans to slash ocean science funding

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 14:22:31 -0000

    The U-turn takes pressure off the EU, which would struggle to fill the ocean monitoring funding gap. BRUSSELS — The Trump administration is no longer …

  15. If you can’t find a Utah peach this year, climate change may be to blame

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:01:00 -0000

    On a sunny day in May, Tim Crandall should have been thinning peaches. It was a clear, windless afternoon in Utah County, the kind of deceptively cool …

  16. Canada Missed Chances to Inspect Titan Before Fatal Implosion

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    A new report shows that government agencies failed to communicate and includes recommendations for stronger oversight in a bid to avert future …

  17. How FIFA's climate solution has turned into 'water-gate'

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    Introduced in the name of player safety, hydration breaks at the World Cup have become a flashpoint for fans and players alike. When the United States …

  18. Obama encourages people to not give in to despair in current political climate

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 19:03:25 -0000

    Former President Barack Obama speaks at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, imploring Americans not to give in to cynicism and despair in the current divisive political climate.June 18, 2026

  19. This Floating Waterfall Off Madagascar Wants to Power a Nation, Heal a Society, and Become a Resort — All at Once

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 23:08:31 -0000

    Off the southeast coast of Africa, more than 500 kilometers into the Indian Ocean, lies Madagascar — a country defined by extraordinary biodiversity, …

  20. Trump Hit Oil and Gas Harder Than Climate Policy Ever Could

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    With his Iran war, Trump badly damaged his favorite industry. It may never recover. A fifth of the world’s oil supplies typically flow through the …

  21. In Parliaments, TikTok and COP Summits, This Atlanta-Based Doomsday ‘Cult’ Spreads Climate Disinformation

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:51:20 -0000

    AllatRa, a “religious cult” founded in Ukraine and now headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, has spread climate misinformation from parliaments and …

  22. The Secret Revolution in Battery Technology: 3-D Printing

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Startups are attempting to put energy storage anywhere and everywhere There’s a revolution in battery technology hiding in plain sight: The 3-D printing of batteries has the potential to put energy storage inside any device. This will enable lightweight and long-lasting consumer gadgets, long-range …

  23. Why the electric SUV boom is a problem for climate, health and equity

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 08:48:00 -0000

    The rise of electric SUVs is challenging the idea of green transport, with experts warning that heavier vehicles could undermine climate, health and …

  24. The Major Oak, Ancient Tree of Robin Hood Legend, Has Died

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 16:09:39 -0000

    The Major Oak in the Sherwood Forest was between 800 and 1,200 years old. It succumbed to a combination of over-tourism, climate change and misguided efforts to save it. The Major Oak, a tree that grew to tower over Sherwood Forest as the Black Death swept England and the Wars of the Roses sundered …

  25. The artificial ice pyramids saving India's mountain villages

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 23:11:07 -0000

    At an altitude of almost 4,000m (13,000ft) and receiving almost no rainfall, the Himalayan village of Sakti is a hostile place to be a farmer. "Ladakh has a brutal, single-cultivation season," says Gelak Gutme, who has been growing wheat, peas and potatoes there for most of his 65 years. "It is a …

  26. Seal pups and seabird chicks are suffering in extreme weather. How can we protect them?

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 21:55:22 -0000

    Extreme weather is becoming the new normal, disrupting human communities across the globe. It is also affecting wildlife populations in complex and …

  27. Israeli study unlocks 4,000 years of climate change and human adaptation

    Sat, 20 Jun 2026 04:37:48 -0000

    Cylinders of ancient mud drilled from the Carmel Coast in northern Israel have revealed how ancient human societies managed to adapt to turbulent …

  28. Lawmakers Race to Save An Ocean Science Network From Being Dismantled By Trump

    Thu, 18 Jun 2026 09:43:08 -0000

    There are moments when a decision made behind closed doors threatens something far larger than any one agency or budget line — and the push to …

  29. Western Europe braces for more extreme heat as temperatures continue to climb

    Sat, 20 Jun 2026 06:13:07 -0000

    Western Europe sweltered under a punishing heatwave on Friday, with temperatures expected to climb further in the coming days and potentially shatter more records, prompting authorities across the continent to issue warnings and brace for prolonged extreme weather. In France, hundreds of schools …

  30. The Quiet Rise of the Plastics Crisis

    Fri, 19 Jun 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    How to counter an insidious global threat.