Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Cool Japan: Human Fridge Chills Workers In Extreme Heat

   Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:47:00 -0000

   Feeling dizzy and unwell after cycling to work in Japan's punishing summer heat, warehouse worker Isao Tabuchi headed for his company's newest …

2. Data Centers Are Driving an Alarming Gas Power Expansion in the US

   Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:01:00 -0000

   There’s no clearer sign of the data center boom than rampant gas projects that have been proposed or that are already under construction. The amount …

3. Indonesians brave choking smoke to pray for rain as country battles wildfires

   Tue, 25 Aug 2026 01:24:16 -0000

   PALEMBANG, Indonesia — Authorities in Indonesia's South Sumatra, the province with the highest number of wildfire hot spots, turned to spiritual …

4. World's oceans hit highest temperature on record as El Niño grows

   Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:17:48 -0000

   The world's oceans are hotter than ever recorded, new data suggests, as they suffer from human-caused climate change and the growing El Niño weather phenomenon. The average surface temperature of the planet's seas outside the polar regions hit 21.1C (70F) on Saturday, according to figures from the …

5. Cancer Seems to be the Price We’re Willing to Pay for Dandelion-Free Lawns - ecoRI News

   Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:36:43 -0000

   Watching people spray Roundup on individual dandelions and at unwelcome plants in the cracks and crevices of the asphalt and concrete that surround …

6. What Jon Ossoff Gets That Far Too Many Democrats Don’t

   Mon, 24 Aug 2026 06:12:47 -0000

   The Georgia senator is showing his colleagues that in the attention era, conflict is king. There’s a new Democratic presidential front-runner, …

7. Medicare for All Is Making a Comeback

   Mon, 24 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The health care reform package that’s getting renewed buzz thanks to some Democratic candidates is tailor-made to fix what Trump has broken. The …

8. The world inches toward catastrophic climate events: 'Bigger shocks are on the way'

   Mon, 24 Aug 2026 13:08:48 -0000

   In the opening scene of American writer Kim Stanley Robinson’s “The Ministry for the Future,” a heat wave combined with a breakdown of the electrical …

9. California company unveils world's first solar roof system that can be installed on a Tesla or any other EV so you 'never have to stop at a charger again

   Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:15:00 -0000

   A California company has unveiled the world’s first solar roof system that could be the beginning of the end of time consuming recharging sessions …

10. Historic Snowfall Map Shows States Bracing for Significant Snow Amid El Niño

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:31:00 -0000

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association updated its prediction for the El Niño, which is strengthening and now has a greater than 90% chance …

11. Balloons take years to decompose: UK researchers invent ‘Bioloon’ as nature-friendly alternative

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 05:11:44 -0000

    Discarded balloons “leak toxic chemicals into the environment" and can easily be swallowed by animals. A UK PhD student may have found the solution to …

12. Hottest ocean temperature recorded as ‘super’ El Nino forms

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 02:30:07 -0000

    Scientists have recorded the highest temperature ever measured in the world’s oceans, as climate change combines with a powerful El Nino in the …

13. Nevada sues Trump administration over its Colorado River plan

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:12:40 -0000

    In the first salvo of what could become a prolonged court battle over Colorado River water, the state of Nevada has sued the Trump administration over its plan to impose major water cutbacks on Las Vegas. The state filed the lawsuit three days after the Trump administration released the plan …

14. World must look to the past to prepare for likely unprecedented El Niño

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:47:45 -0000

    Countries across the world are bracing for what is increasingly certain to be a historic El Niño, with latest modeling suggesting the 2026-2027 event …

15. Forget the population bomb. The new fear is a population implosion.

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 16:05:02 -0000

    Overpopulation panic is sooooo 20th Century! Welcome to the era of depopulation dread. Nearly six decades ago the world was allegedly in the midst of …

16. The difference between ‘agree to disagree’ and ‘you’re wrong’ — or why you hate that guy who always corrects you

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    Why do disagreements about vaccines, climate change or elections often feel so personal? Our research suggests it is not simply because other people …

17. How the sun's galactic journey and superflare-filled youth shaped Earth's climate

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 22:50:01 -0000

    At the center of our solar system, the sun influences every planet that orbits it. In two recent studies, scientists uncovered how ancient events in …

18. The Trump administration upended how we fight wildfires. Then came the West’s worst fire season in years.

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    WyoFile joined a coalition of nonprofit newsrooms in six Western states to examine how the changes are impacting our ability to fight fires amid …

19. One of the World's ‘Most Wanted’ Lost Fish Is Rediscovered

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 12:29:00 -0000

    On a vast network of rivers flowing through the jungles of Papua New Guinea, researchers have rediscovered the spinach pipefish, a relative of the …

20. Trump ordered to release billions in climate grants meant for Black communities

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    From the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi, to sewage problems in Alabama, stalled projects could get new life after federal court rulings. This …

21. Renewable Energy Is Starting to Spend Big on Elections. It's Working, Too

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 14:00:00 -0000

    The fossil fuel industry has long been a campaign finance powerhouse, using its clout to help put sympathetic politicians — including Donald Trump — …

22. Even meteorologists are baffled by the Midwestern tornado season

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 08:15:00 -0000

    More than 200 tornadoes have hit Illinois this year. Here's how the twisters form, and how climate change might be influencing them. Unprecedented. …

23. Phil Gordon's House Will One Day Slide Off an Alaska Cliff. So He's Moving It Inch by Inch.

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    "Twenty-five years ago, when I first looked over the edge... I thought I was the kind of fool that should live here.” Phil Gordon sits atop a pile of old fishing nets on a tiny wooden platform suspended over a sheer cliff outside of Homer, Alaska. My stomach lurches as I peer over the edge. Some 247 …

24. Climate change is unearthing archaeological discoveries, while also threatening them

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 21:23:05 -0000

    NPR's Danielle Kurtzleben speaks with Jørgen Hollesen, a Senior Researcher at the National Museum of Denmark, about how climate change is impacting the study of archaeology. DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN, HOST: Earlier this summer, Europeans stumbled across ancient mammoth skeletons and rotting Nazi warships …

25. Eye Opener: Wildfires rage in western U.S.

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Wildfires are raging in Nevada as crews work to contain the blaze. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is set to announce new sanctions on Iran. All …

26. Highest-ever ocean temperature measured as super El Nino forms

    Tue, 25 Aug 2026 03:35:00 -0000

    Global ocean temperatures are typically highest in March and April, said Copernicus.

27. Drone images map hurricane wind damage house by house, proving that updated building codes can better resist extreme conditions

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 23:55:00 -0000

    Storms that once seemed exceptional are showing up more often, and the added-up destruction they cause is growing. A new study suggests one practical …

28. Trump Shuns E.V.s and Wind Power, but He’s Pouring Billions Into Batteries

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 09:03:08 -0000

    The president may disdain clean energy tech, but energy storage is also crucial for A.I. and defense — and China’s dominance in the sector has officials worried. President Trump has been scornful of electric cars for years. But his administration is now pouring billions of dollars into the battery …

29. In France, Brutal Summer Heat Waves Are Taking a Toll on the Flowers That Inspired Claude Monet’s Most Beloved Paintings

    Mon, 24 Aug 2026 20:06:03 -0000

    France has endured blistering temperatures this summer, with a record 52 heatwave days, widespread wildfires and more than 7,300 excess deaths. The …

30. The Ongoing Betrayal of Our Afghan Allies

    Sun, 23 Aug 2026 02:34:28 -0000

    Tens of thousands of Afghans are stuck in legal limbo as the Trump administration makes it more difficult for them to arrive in the United States and …