Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. In the Fight to Defend the Amazon, This Indigenous Community’s Secret Weapon Is Science

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    In the copper-rich mountains of southeastern Ecuador, Shuar people are combining ancestral knowledge and modern science to protect their forest from …
  2. Why the Great Unraveling Will Be So Hard to Stop

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:00:07 -0000

    Global fragmentation appears to be well underway. The astonishing shift in US foreign and economic policy is a primary cause, but the picture is far from simple and implicates many other factors. How to make sense of this teeming disorder? Where will these shifting forces lead the world? For a …
  3. Signs of the times: Removing stories of America's past from our national parks

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 13:31:00 -0000

    Signs educating visitors about the nation's past have been a key element of our national parks and historic sites. But following an executive order …
  4. As Northwest Flooding Worsens, Conflicting Interests Stymie Solutions

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:00:16 -0000

    Washington’s floods in December broke records set just four years before, but as farmers, tribes, fishermen and governments search for solutions, a quick fix, dredging, seems to stand in the way. Just over a week after Saul Magallon’s wife gave birth to their first child late last year, a flood …
  5. Energy crises must accelerate the fight against climate change

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 13:55:44 -0000

    As the US-Israeli war against Iran enters its third week, hopes for a short, contained crisis without major consequences for the global energy market …
  6. Adrift Russia tanker risks Mediterranean ecological disaster

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:54:48 -0000

    A Russian oil and gas tanker that was likely targeted by drones is adrift in the Mediterranean with no crew onboard. Experts warn that if the vessel …
  7. Earth’s ‘Gateway to Hell’ keeps getting bigger

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:33:40 -0000

    In a remote area of the Siberian tundra, there’s a place that locals call “The Gateway to Hell.” In the summer, its peaceful waterfall sounds are interrupted by the booms and crashes of falling earth. The indigenous Yakut people are rightfully wary of the massive, slowly collapsing crater. While …
  8. A hidden threat to maple syrup — and the people who make it

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:00:54 -0000

    Maple syrup has long been the lifeblood of Virginia’s Highland County. This year, a brutal ice storm and recent warmth brought one of the worst syrup seasons in recent memory. HIGHTOWN, Virginia — The woodpecker was the first sign of something strange underway. Ronnie Moyers heard the bird hammering …
  9. A secret weapon to fight carbon emissions was just discovered: Beavers

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    A new study in Switzerland finds that beaver-built wetlands can trap and store large amounts of carbon, offering a low-cost boost for restoration and …
  10. Climate change is already happening in Colorado. Here are 10 signs we can see right now.

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:15:00 -0000

    Illustration by Kevin Jeffers/The Colorado SunHere is just a sampling of things happening right now in Colorado that we can’t attribute solely to …
  11. You can bet on climate disasters. Business is booming.

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Will Iran’s main oil terminal get bombed this month? Will climate activist Greta Thunberg be arrested before July? Will the U.S. get pummeled by a Category 5 hurricane this year? You can place bets on all of those questions through online prediction markets. The emergence of markets related to the …
  12. Susan Collins and Climate Change: ‘The Silence is Deafening’

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 08:55:00 -0000

    Seeking a sixth term, the Maine senator’s passivity in the face of executive branch power grabs undermines her greatest electoral strength, as much …
  13. The Strait of Hormuz is about more than just oil. It feeds 100 million people

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 04:00:34 -0000

    Oil and liquefied natural gas tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz carry around 20% of the world’s supply. But for countries on the Persian Gulf, the waterway is more than just an energy route – it’s a lifeline for more than 100 million people. Now, as the United States and Israel’s war with …
  14. A Life in Defense of the Earth: The Legacy of Paul Ehrlich

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 05:38:36 -0000

    Paul Ehrlich passed away this week. He was arguably the most influential ecological thinker of his generation. Paul was a towering human being and …
  15. To Survive the Lethal Cold, Pakistani Families Face A Burning Conundrum

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 11:00:12 -0000

    With no alternative sources of warming, residents in Balochistan, Pakistan, are resorting to cutting down rare juniper trees for firewood.
  16. For Carney, the time for talk is done

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 10:45:00 -0000

    It was a year ago, minus a day, that Mark Carney called a snap election asking for a clear mandate to deal with U.S. President Donald Trump. Mr. Carney had been named Prime Minister just days before, following his victory in the Liberal leadership race. Mr. Carney ran on the promise of strengthening …
  17. 2026 SkS Weekly Climate Change & Global Warming News Roundup #12

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 15:37:30 -0000

    A listing of 28 news and opinion articles we found interesting and shared on social media during the past week: Sun, March 15, 2026 thru Sat, March …
  18. Why the US wants to protect Iran’s oil and gas

    Fri, 20 Mar 2026 20:29:07 -0000

    The Mideast energy truce is breaking down. The Trump administration’s rhetoric on the war in Iran tends to be heavy on words like “lethality” and “obliteration,” so it was notable that the president seemed almost apologetic on Wednesday, when discussing an Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gas …
  19. How Often To Water Lavender So You Don’t Overdo It

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:10:00 -0000

    Too much water can kill this Mediterranean herb. Grow lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) to enjoy its sweet, herby fragrance around your home as well …
  20. Renewable Energy Looks Stronger as Europe Rethinks Fossil Fuel Dependence

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:30:40 -0000

    Europe did not need another warning about the cost of fossil fuels, but it just got one. After U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran rattled global energy …
  21. The effects of the Iran war on environmental and human health, according to an expert

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 08:04:32 -0000

    As the war in Iran enters its fourth week, the costs are adding up. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks to Doug Weir, with the Conflict and War Observatory, …
  22. The man who bet against humanity — and lost

    Fri, 20 Mar 2026 19:51:44 -0000

    Paul Ehrlich predicted hundreds of millions would starve thanks to overpopulation. Here’s what actually happened. On February 9, 1970, Johnny Carson did something that would be unthinkable for a late night host today, or really anyone on TV: He gave a full hour of The Tonight Show to a Stanford …
  23. What the EU can — and can’t — learn from Spain’s low energy bills

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 09:13:05 -0000

    Madrid says a renewables boom is shielding its citizens from soaring fossil fuel costs. But that’s not the full story. BRUSSELS — While the rest of …
  24. Scientists close to confirming Port Phillip Bay shark breeding location

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:21:12 -0000

    It takes three researchers to haul a two-metre, sevengill shark out of the water onto a boat in Port Phillip Bay. Careful to keep its jaw shut while …
  25. How the Dust Bowl Devastated America’s Wildlife

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    Quick Take The Dust Bowl devastated Great Plains ecosystems by removing native grasses and collapsing soil stability. Wildlife declined sharply, with birds, small mammals, and predators losing habitat and food sources. Conservation programs and refuges helped restore parts of the land and supported partial …
  26. World Water Day through the lens of Mustafah Abdulaziz

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    Words and photographs by Mustafah Abdulaziz “In 2012, I began “Water” — a photographic series on the transformation of global landscapes under the strain of water scarcity. Prompted by a UN statistic that half the world’s population may face scarcity by 2030, I am interested in people who struggle …
  27. The weather is getting wilder, and some see a dire signal in the data

    Sun, 22 Mar 2026 05:10:00 -0000

    The effects of climate change are intensifying in ways that have surprised even experts.
  28. How biotech giant Bayer landed a win that made MAHA furious

    Fri, 20 Mar 2026 17:29:07 -0000

    Bayer executives had warned for years that the company was on the brink of pulling its weedkiller Roundup from the U.S. market. But when Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in May released the first Make America Healthy Again report, blaming the chemical for Americans’ health problems in an …
  29. An answer to America's drought may be hiding in the toilet

    Sat, 21 Mar 2026 09:10:00 -0000

    Americans in the US are willing to fork out extra money each month to drink recycled wastewater. With climate change intensifying drought in the …