Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Solar panel breakthrough could almost double the efficiency of today's panels

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 15:39:32 -0000

    Here's hoping the new approach trickles down to consumer panels someday. Add Engadget on Google: Preferred Source Google Discover Researchers at the Institut de Ciències Fotòniques (ICFO) have discovered a novel way to design solar panels that can dramatically increase their energy efficiency. …

  2. A ‘geologic freak’ called the Smackover may end America’s lithium dependence on China, and Big Oil is already there

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 08:06:00 -0000

    Global lithium demand has jumped more than 400% just this decade, to over 1.5 million metric tons per year. By 2035, that demand could approach 4 …

  3. Stephen Miller Will Drag the GOP Further Into the Electoral Abyss

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 02:58:41 -0000

    After a bruising election in which voters across the nation repudiated Trumpism, the White House has decided that what’s needed is a bigger dose of …

  4. In Memoriam: The Cybertruck

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In a week of bad news for Elon Musk, Tesla has decided to end production of its sometimes-dangerous, always-stupid homage to its CEO’s folly. The …

  5. When will winter weather arrive? November forecast has unusual answer

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:00:59 -0000

    Widespread chilly weather still seems a long way away despite what the calendar says. One of the warmest Novembers on record is expected in the U.S. Widespread chilly weather still seems a long way away despite what the calendar says, as the nation is forecast to see one of the warmest Novembers on …

  6. As the Japanese Countryside Empties Out, Wildlife Is Disappearing

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 14:05:42 -0000

    The Japanese population is in decline, but the downward trend is especially pronounced in rural areas. The loss of people might be expected to lead …

  7. Sudan war and climate change see parents struggle to feed their children

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 10:36:32 -0000

    War, poverty and climate change are all affecting Sudanese, with increasing cases of child malnutrition. Port Sudan, Sudan – After a two-and-a-half-hour journey from the village of al-Lalouba, Layla Ali arrived in Port Sudan to get help for her five-year-old son, Adam. His severe malnutrition had …

  8. ‘Brief burst of intense heat’ could give hard-to-recycle wind turbine blades a second life

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 06:02:39 -0000

    Europe risks becoming a dumping ground for hard-to-recycle wind turbine blades but new research has found a ‘hot’ solution Wind energy has been …

  9. Earth's rocks have a missing layer spanning up to a billion years. Scientists finally know what happened to it

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    Imagine opening a history book and finding several chapters torn out. This was what geologists looking into the rock records of Earth’s past …

  10. The Tide Could Be Turning on Global Climate Cooperation

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:14:54 -0000

    The U.S. midterms were not fought on climate policy, and the Democrats’ overwhelming win should not be read as a sign that the United States is on a clear path back to climate leadership. But there are good reasons to think the shift can still prove significant for global climate action. Over the …

  11. A fishing town in Alaska was thriving. Then something attacked

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:23:56 -0000

    Portlock, Alaska, was established in 1914 on the south coast of the most northwestern state of America. Fittingly enough for a town named after a …

  12. What midterm election blue wave rebuke of Trump means for renewable energy

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 14:24:38 -0000

    As recently as 2022, many leaders in corporate America and the investment community were singing the praises of ESG — environmental, social, …

  13. Hair salons in Europe are dumping their clippings into forests and it's miraculous

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 16:26:16 -0000

    Deers don’t like it but trees absolutely love it. Every day, hair salons sweep countless hair clippings off their floors and toss them into the trash …

  14. Permafrost Is Thawing From the Inside Out—and It’s Unleashing an Entirely New Kind of Landslide

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 20:57:12 -0000

    Wildfires from decades ago may be secretly melting the frozen ground from below, setting off a disastrous chain of events in the present. The largest northward-flowing river in North America, Canada’s Mackenzie River carries roughly 78 cubic miles of freshwater out of Great Slave Lake, winds through …

  15. Luke O’Neill: Breakthroughs promise to turn back the biological clock and increase older women’s chance of having a baby

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 11:30:00 -0000

    Ireland’s declining birth rate was tackled by Miriam O’Callaghan in the RTÉ documentary Ireland’s Population Crisis last week. One of the major …

  16. Canada Gets One Step Closer to Becoming an Energy Superpower

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:36:20 -0000

    On routs begetting routs, Google’s second CCS project, and Poland’s nuclear progress Current conditions: Late-week downpours and cooler temperatures …

  17. Environment minister lauds home battery subsidy scheme despite search for savings

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 19:47:15 -0000

    Environment Minister Murray Watt says he and all other ministers have been told to find savings in their portfolios, as pressure on the federal …

  18. Future warming events will outdo the extreme heat waves of the recent past, new study finds

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 21:00:01 -0000

    The extreme heat waves we have seen over the last few years may only serve as a preview of what is to come as a result of climate change. A new study …

  19. You Can’t Make America Healthy by Letting Polluters Off the Hook

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:00:04 -0000

    One might think, from President Donald Trump’s recent announcement of his administration’s plan to gut federal methane protections, that he was doing everyday Americans a huge favor. He claimed that this action was a win for consumers, but the real winners are polluters. They’ve been handed yet …

  20. AP Exclusive: Departing UN chief calls this 'a moment of truth' in fight to curb global warming

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 02:01:00 -0000

    UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As United Nations climate talks kick off in Turkey on Monday, Secretary-General António Guterres has an urgent message for …

  21. Climate Change Is Bringing Dengue Fever to the High Himalayas

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As Nepal’s mountains warm, mosquitoes are spreading dengue, once strictly a lowland disease, to higher-elevation, densely-populated areas.The warming …

  22. Solar above, fish below: Double-decker farms could rival US power use

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 13:00:43 -0000

    Solar panels above, fish below: That’s the idea behind aquavoltaics, an emerging way to pair solar power with fish farming. Freshwater aquaculture …

  23. The Waters Off California Are Unrecognizable

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 15:33:33 -0000

    El Niño is driving whole tropical ecosystems north. Up and down the West Coast, ichthyologists—professional fish nerds—can barely contain themselves. Whale sharks normally in the Sea of Cortez have been seen as far north as Malibu. Spotter planes have photographed giant manta rays flapping their way …

  24. This Greek ship has collected enough waste from remote shorelines to fill 22 Olympic swimming pools

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 08:02:22 -0000

    The 20-member cleaning team has created the largest database on marine pollution in the Mediterranean. With the longest coastline of any country on …

  25. Ten days of elections around the world may shape future of climate debate

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:11:40 -0000

    From the US to Brazil, Israel and Serbia, the far right have been delivered a number of mammoth blows In the wake of the US midterm elections, the …

  26. Ozone hole is largest in a decade

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 02:12:05 -0000

    ABC News This year's ozone hole over the Antarctic was the largest in a decade, according to a new report by NOAA and NASA. This is a stark contrast …

  27. Climate change brings historically hot autumn

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 06:59:00 -0000

    An unusually hot October has suspended the autumnal cold snap in the Northern Hemisphere, along with beautiful autumnal colors. El Nino also played a …

  28. Climate Scientists Found A Surprise Hiding Under A Cold War Military Base

    Sat, 07 Nov 2026 02:45:00 -0000

    The Cold War was an interesting time that saw the United States and the Soviet Union compete with one another in weapons development, a Space Race, …

  29. Polar vortex weakens weeks ahead of schedule, raising risk of cold spells

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 21:55:31 -0000

    Meteorologists warn that an unprecedented early disruption of the polar vortex could increase the risk of cold spells across the Northern Hemisphere, …

  30. The U.S. States Losing the Most Forest

    Fri, 06 Nov 2026 16:10:00 -0000

    Forest land is rapidly disappearing in the United States. According to a recent report from the U.S. Forest Monitor, a collaborative research program …