Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Lake Mead, nation's largest reservoir, reaches its lowest water level on record

   Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:58:13 -0000

   The Colorado River basin is a critical system for residents in the western U.S. The water level at Lake Mead, the nation's largest reservoir by …

2. A No-Bid Contract to Rat Out Immigrant Minors

   Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The Trump administration didn’t put that in writing, of course. It didn’t have to. I wrote in July about how Donald Trump, despite rhapsodizing about …

3. Europe's rivers are drying up. Can they be saved?

   Fri, 07 Aug 2026 13:36:10 -0000

   The Rhine and Danube have reached historic lows. Dwindling water levels are affecting shipping, agriculture and ecosystems — and raising concerns …

4. Tragedy vultures

   Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:58:09 -0000

   It happens like clockwork: a disaster devastates a community. People lose homes. They lose cars, workplaces, loved ones. They need somewhere to turn …

5. Italy places all major cities on red alert as heatwave grips Europe

   Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:23:07 -0000

   Italy's health ministry placed 27 cities, from Trieste in the country's northeast to Palermo in Sicily, on red alert ahead of the weekend as a blistering heatwave across much of Europe toppled temperature records and disrupted energy and transportation systems in several countries. Italy placed all …

6. Home-Front Ecology

   Fri, 07 Aug 2026 16:27:59 -0000

   By Mike Davis DOES THIS GENERATION OF AMERICANS have the "right stuff" to meet the epic challenges of sustaining life on a rapidly warming planet? …

7. As Ice Melts, Antarctica Is Leaking Mercury Into The Ocean

   Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Across the last 200 years, Antarctica has been copping a whole lot of mercury pollution, despite humanity's best efforts to keep the frozen continent …

8. Has the Climate Crisis Already Passed the Point of No Return?

   Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:24:28 -0000

   Have we already lost our last chance to save the planet? The climate crisis is no longer a distant threat—it’s a daily reality for millions. From …

9. Fox News Host Says College ‘Mental Health Crisis’ Can Be Solved by ‘Not Telling Them They Are Studying on Stolen Land’

   Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:07:48 -0000

   Today’s college students are experiencing a “mental health crisis” because universities are “telling them they are studying on stolen land,” said Fox …

10. Trump Promotes Commercial Fishing in Protected Pacific Marine National Monuments

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Scientists and other environmental advocates warn such activity would threaten coral reefs and other marine life.President Donald Trump is seeking to …

11. Why Australia could be heading for a spring and summer 'triple whammy'

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 01:10:24 -0000

    In brief Climate change, a strong El Niño and another climate driver could combine forces this spring. • However, there are signs it's not all bad news …

12. Trump blames mismanagement for the Canadian wildfires. This new study shows the real cause

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:47:36 -0000

    A study by World Weather Attribution points to human-caused climate change. Human-caused climate change doubled the likelihood of the tinderbox weather conditions that sparked Canada’s massive summer wildfires and in turn angered U.S. President Donald Trump, according to a study released …

13. Trump is attacking California’s ability to protect its coastline. The consequences are ‘chilling’

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    For months, the Trump administration has sought to open the California coast to a radically industrialized future: large-scale desalination plants, floating nuclear reactors, more rocket launches and expanded offshore oil drilling along the state’s most iconic beaches. Holding the line against all …

14. Okay, These El Niño Forecasts Are Getting Ridiculous

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 15:45:12 -0000

    This event is on track to "obliterate" the previous record. Every time I think the El Niño forecast can’t possibly get worse, the models prove me …

15. It Takes Willful Ignorance to Ignore Climate Change

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    A growing disconnect exists between the scientific consensus on climate change and the Trump administration's public messaging, as devastating …

16. Lake Mead hits record-low water level, a 'grim' milestone

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:50:53 -0000

    The record-low level recorded at Lake Mead comes days after federal authorities released a plan to deal with water shortages. The United States' largest reservoir, Lake Mead, has reached its lowest level on record as the drought-stricken West faces a growing water crisis. The giant reservoir created …

17. The Man Who Tells the Truth Netanyahu Doesn’t Want the World to Hear

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Under editor in chief Aluf Benn, Haaretz is the only major Israeli media outlet to show Israelis the images and tell them the stories they don’t want …

18. "Water will evaporate, leaving a dry barren surface - it will become an even hotter version of Venus…" 10 ways Earth – and life on it – could die

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:06:35 -0000

    T.S. Eliot wrote in his poem The Hollow Men that the world would end “not with a bang but a whimper” – the question is, was he right? What do we even …

19. The Gargantuan Lie That is Collapsing The World’s Climate

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 23:19:40 -0000

    Thinking we have time left to address climate change, or that “Net Zero by 2050” will save us, is driving us toward full social collapse in ways that …

20. DeepMind Says Its AI Can Predict Hurricanes Earlier Than Everyone Else

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 12:23:04 -0000

    Its WeatherNext model, which will be open-sourced, can accurately predict a storm’s track and intensity using lower-resolution weather data. …

21. Homeowners are paying much more for insurance — and keeping coverage is getting harder

    Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:37:41 -0000

    Homeowners insurance costs are swelling rapidly for consumers — and even for those able to pay, policies are getting harder to keep as insurers drop …

22. We Now Know What the Trump Admin Did with 51 Removed Signs and Exhibits

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:55:18 -0000

    In September 2025, National Park Service (NPS) employees began removing signs, exhibits, films, and books about climate change, slavery, and the killing of Native Americans from dozens of agency-managed sites. Recent court filings show that, amid that process, at least 13 items were destroyed or …

23. Trump Says EV Drivers Have a ‘Disease’ and Calls Them ‘Crazy’

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:41:00 -0000

    A speech on the administration’s tax cuts and economic agenda quickly went off the rails when the topic of EVs came up. U.S. President Donald Trump’s beef with electric vehicles runs deep and his opposition to previous federal policies supporting electric vehicle adoption is well documented. During …

24. Europe’s wildfires have raised the danger posed by unexploded WWII bombs

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 14:48:36 -0000

    When a wildfire broke out in the Müritz National Park of north-eastern Germany in July, it was no routine firefighting job. Bomb disposal teams had …

25. Los Angeles Is Littered With Thousands Of Oil Wells Hiding In Fake Buildings, Under Schools And Playgrounds

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 19:25:00 -0000

    When you envision the Los Angeles area in your head, what images come to mind? Probably something like sunny beaches, medically enhanced facial …

26. The Dark Side of the Sun

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    As Majorca strains under record tourism, next week’s total solar eclipse threatens to push the once quaint Spanish island to a breaking pointBy Alice …

27. When tragedy strikes, America's wildland firefighters ask, was it 'somebody that we loved?'

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    An initial report on the deaths of three wildland firefighters in late June sheds light on the extreme and dangerous conditions they faced. On June 27, members of the Rifle Interagency Helitack Crew spent the morning working on two fires burning in rugged red rock country on the Colorado-Utah …

28. Scientists Now Believe Earth’s First Continents Formed Hundreds of Millions of Years Earlier Than Previously Thought – Changing the Story of Our Planet’s Origins

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    The idea that the first continents on Earth rose far earlier than scientists once believed sounds like a small adjustment on a very long timeline. …

29. Trump’s Plans for Head Start Could Leave Kids Behind

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The early education, nutrition, and health program is a lifeline for poor kids. The Department of Health and Human Services wants to erase its …

30. Is it really the hottest day ever?

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 08:36:23 -0000

    Every time a new heat record is broken, skepticism follows. How do scientists know a day or a summer was really the hottest on record or that a heat …