Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Trump administration pulls support for annual Arctic environmental report

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    The move by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest government rollback of climate science activity. This story was …

  2. South Africa’s top court blocks Shell oil exploration off country’s Wild Coast

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:22 -0000

    In a landmark judgment on Aug. 14, South Africa’s Constitutional Court set aside exploration rights held by oil giant Shell and Impact Africa, a …

  3. The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In the Big Beautiful Bill, the GOP put off Medicaid cuts until after midterms. America is about to find out why. One of Ronald Reagan’s most famous …

  4. Are mosquitoes, ticks and fleas turning California into a disease hotspot?

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Some days it feels like we’re losing a battle against mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, flies and worms. Just this month, tularemia, also known as rabbit fever and caused by a bacterium in ticks and deer flies, was detected in people living on Long Island. A park in Marin County was shut down in July after …

  5. Earth's Chemistry Wobbled During Its 5 Biggest Mass Extinctions

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:30:01 -0000

    Life on Earth, beginning with simple microorganisms that evolved and diversified into the incredible breadth of species living today, has always been turbulent. But it's not just disasters like supervolcanoes and asteroid impacts that cause mass extinction. Read on below – and follow ScienceAlert for news that sparks your curiosity.

  6. Europe’s heat strains global food supply

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:15:35 -0000

    Europe’s latest summer heat wave risks worsening already-fragile global food security. Though hunger worldwide has fallen in recent years, …

  7. New satellite images show Europe’s disappearing rivers due to drought

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:46:22 -0000

    Half of Europe’s land is experiencing drought, impacting river levels across the continent. Drought conditions have worsened across Central and Western Europe since the start of the summer with southern England, northern Italy and parts of Central Europe among the hardest-hit areas, according to the …

  8. The world’s largest electric plane takes flight

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:00:00 -0000

    The 25,000-pound aircraft flew for 27 minutes. The world’s largest, fully battery-powered jet officially completed its maiden flight. The successful test run marks a noteworthy step forward for long-awaited electric aircraft and battery technology broadly, but don’t expect to book a fully …

  9. California planned a nuclear exit. Now it’s reconsidering

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. — Diablo Canyon doesn’t look like a nuclear power plant that’s getting ready to retire. Beneath its twin concrete domes here on the edge of the Central Coast, neutrons slam into uranium atoms billions of times each second, workers respond to blinking lights in a seafoam-green …

  10. ‘A secret had been shared’: The inside story of an emergency climate briefing that made experts cry

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:02:37 -0000

    The People’s Emergency Briefing has been screened nearly 2,000 times around the UK - and Germany is preparing its own. Who else remembers the COVID …

  11. ‘Pushback on climate action is a sign we are making progress on net zero’

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:24:06 -0000

    Two decades ago, economist Sir Nicholas Stern was asked by then chancellor Gordon Brown to carry out a review on the economics of climate change. The …

  12. Solar Farms Are Having An Unexpected Effect On The Environment

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:17:00 -0000

    Farms are closing at alarming rates. In 2025, the number of farms in the United States shrank by 15,000, and total farmland fell by 2.51 million …

  13. In pictures: What one of the world's greatest rivers kept hidden — until now

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:11:35 -0000

    IN BRIEF Many countries have experienced a succession of record-breaking heatwaves this European summer. • They have caused severe droughts, affecting …

  14. A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:16:17 -0000

    In Washington, D.C., this July, America's 250th birthday began with an evacuation. An incoming summer storm forced crowds gathered on the National …

  15. How a herd of Old Irish goats is helping to reduce the risk of wildfire in Dublin’s uplands

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    Wildfires are becoming a frightening “new normal” across a tinder-dry Irish landscape, but herds of a rare goat species are proving their worth in …

  16. UK climate breakdown ‘coming faster and harder’ says economist

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:18:47 -0000

    We spoke to the economist Professor Matthew Agarwala, who’s the chair of sustainable finance at the University of Sussex Bennett Institute, and asked …

  17. ‘Inhumane’: UK’s extreme heat pushes NHS staff, patients to limit

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:52:59 -0000

    In hospitals built for a cooler climate, staff are dealing with patients too sweaty to receive drips and colleagues collapsing on the job.

  18. Europe endures its fifth heat wave this summer, 50% of continent in a drought

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:38:00 -0000

    Europe has been sweating through its fifth round of dangerously high temperatures since May. Ramy Inocencio is in London with more. Europe has been …

  19. Logging and the slow disappearance of Australia’s large old trees (commentary)

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:43:09 -0000

    Large old trees are among the most important structures in native forests, in Australia and around the world. They store disproportionately large …

  20. Billions of sea stars have died. A Northwest tribe is trying to save the species

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    On a spring morning so blustery that the National Weather Service issued a small craft advisory, a Samish Indian Nation research boat, called the Chinook (Yómech), set out from Anacortes, Washington, just east of the San Juan Islands. A team of divers crammed into the cabin as the small craft …

  21. Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:59 -0000

    Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains. In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a …

  22. How England's 43,000-Panel Solar Farm Is Vital To A Climate Emergency Action Plan

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:16:51 -0000

    The borough of Wokingham, located within Berkshire, England, has approved of a large solar farm following what could have been a long delay. As …

  23. Is this the world’s loneliest tree?

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 20:05:45 -0000

    The last known wild individual of Dendroseris neriifolia hangs off the side of a steep cliff on a remote island. To try to prevent its total …

  24. Legally protected plants and animals that may be in your yard

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:00:06 -0000

    Walking through a meadow or forest, it’s tempting to pick colorful blooms along the way. However, you could be breaking several laws and not even know it.

  25. South Africa is overlooking solar technology that can keep generating electricity after sunset

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:17:57 -0000

    South Africa’s coal-fired power stations are retiring. The country must replace a huge amount of electricity over the next two decades. Currently, …

  26. These breathtaking aerial shots show climate change from a new perspective

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:10:00 -0000

    One of the most powerful ways that photography can convey what's happening to our world is by offering the kind of perspective you can only get from …

  27. How to climate-proof your garden: The plant swaps I'll be making for next summer

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0000

    The summer weather has been unprecedented, and gardeners everywhere are disheartened by the state of their yards as they look out onto wilting leaves …

  28. Lake Powell, the vital reservoir for the Southwest, hits record low

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:04:36 -0000

    Dropping water levels could imperil the lake's ability to generate electricity, and federal officials have been pulling water out of smaller reservoirs upstream to help buy time. Lake Powell, the giant reservoir on the Utah-Arizona border that helps power millions of homes, has fallen to its lowest …

  29. China is shattering EV charging records with companies like BYD, CATL and Geely pushing them to be even faster than ever

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:07:00 -0000

    The days of spending half an hour EV charging could soon feel seriously outdated with China shattering charging records thanks to companies like BYD, …

  30. What the Rock Layers Tell Us About Earth’s Ancient Past

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 11:09:41 -0000

    Earth’s history is written in stone—quite literally. The rock layers beneath our feet contain a remarkable record of our planet’s past, stretching …