Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. How Florida quietly removed climate change content from textbooks

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    Publishers acceded to state requests watering down information on climate change’s impact, a WUSF/Hechinger Report investigation finds. Now the state …

  2. How to better protect Europe from wildfires

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:00:15 -0000

    In another summer of European wildfires that have even seen wetlands burning, scientists say the situation is set to worsen in the future. What's …

  3. Two Years Ago, They Revered Trump; Now, They Ridicule and Revile Him

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:03:20 -0000

    The manosphere in 2024 not only propelled Trump to victory; it exalted him as a savior. Today? It’s gone—and so are the president’s image and …

  4. Climate change to cost London up to £36 billion a year by 2050s

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:57:56 -0000

    Climate change could cost London as much as £36 billion ($50 billion) a year by the 2050s, the Mayor of London’s office said in a report. Lost working …

  5. When the climate crisis reaches the supermarket shelf

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:18:24 -0000

    Rising heat and failing harvests reveal a fragile food system. It is time to treat food security as a democratic issue Apocalyptic scenes are becoming …

  6. How Trump Is Trying to Crush California’s Environmental Policies

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:03:46 -0000

    The Trump administration has taken a series of extraordinary steps to attack California’s position as a national leader in environmental protection, enlisting at least a half-dozen federal agencies to undermine the state’s efforts to pivot away from fossil fuels. The stakes are high. Because of its …

  7. Heatwaves and energy crunch: Can Europe withstand a double shock?

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 14:45:51 -0000

    Heatwaves are squeezing growth and productivity while the Iran war drives up Europe’s energy costs. Wildfires are burning, crops are failing and rivers are running dry. Europe is baking under its fifth heatwave of the year. Economists warn extreme heat is becoming an economic risk – hitting output, …

  8. Climate change drove extreme July heat in European seas, study finds

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:31:30 -0000

    European coastal waters recorded unprecedented sea surface temperatures in July 2026. A new study has found that human-induced climate change …

  9. Support networks aim to help kids through the polycrisis

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Today’s world is a mess of troubling trends. Some groups are trying to help kids navigate their anxieties about it all. Sometime in the late 2000s, …

  10. How Climate Change Is Messing With Your Blood

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:39:15 -0000

    Rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere do a lot of damage—heat waves, droughts, wildfires, superstorms. Now it appears there’s another knock-on effect that had never before been measured. According to a new study in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, the changing chemistry of …

  11. Germany records 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer as heatwaves scorch Europe

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 13:02:29 -0000

    Berlin has recorded roughly 14,000 heat-related deaths this summer, official data showed Thursday. Europe has experienced a spike in heat-related mortality as the worst-hit countries grapple with historically high temperatures exacerbated by human-driven climate change. Germany registered around …

  12. Champagne growers race to preserve quality in record-early harvest

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:05:33 -0000

    HAUTVILLERS, France (AP) — Champagne producers are racing to pick their grapes as the region’s earliest harvest on record gets underway, after extreme heat and drought accelerated ripening, leaving growers a narrow window to preserve the quality of the region’s world-famous sparkling wine. On the …

  13. The next big thing in hydrogen could be underground

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Is this the 21st-century gold rush? EXECUTIVE SUMMARY There’s a hunt for new sources of hydrogen, and the gas (or at least the right conditions to make …

  14. Drought in Germany and Europe are driving up costs

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:30:48 -0000

    Ongoing drought in Europe is causing rivers to dry up and crops to fail. Transport costs are rising and the price of food has exploded. Is inflation …

  15. Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:05:20 -0000

    Sea ice has been disappearing from East Greenland, allowing giant whales to take advantage and move into previously inaccessible areas. That is the conclusion of a decades-long study that has recorded - and filmed - hundreds of the world's biggest whales including humpbacks, minke and fin whales, …

  16. Champagne harvest: why picking begins as early as mid-August

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:04:03 -0000

    In Champagne, the grape harvest began as early as mid-August, unprecedented for some growers, after heat and drought sped up ripening and forced them …

  17. Watching Logs Decay Is More Interesting Than You’d Think

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 15:02:32 -0000

    In 1985, ecologist Mark Harmon directed 528 healthy logs be trucked and installed at six sites across the Andrews Experimental Forest in central …

  18. Our Approach to Drought and Wildfire Is Economically Backwards

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:00:03 -0000

    This year, governments and businesses across Europe,North America and parts of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean have been contending with the impacts of severe drought and wildfires. Every year, drought-induced losses alone cost the global economy an estimated $307 billion. Yet one of …

  19. Beyond tree planting: Fighting desertification in Niger

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 12:36:00 -0000

    Millions of trees are planted in Niger each year on Independence Day. But many struggle to survive, so a group of young ecologists are helping them flourish.

  20. Google and the UK think changing flights paths could cut down on climate change

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:17:03 -0000

    Hundreds of commercial flights will be told to change their paths over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean during the next two winters to show how minor …

  21. What We Can Learn from Ancient Societies About Disaster-Proofing Our Cities

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    From ancient Egyptian flood strategies to Mayan agricultural techniques, the ancient world can teach us how to live with environmental extremes. Earthquakes, hurricanes, and wildfires are natural phenomena that can become disastrous, but just how severely they affect us depends on how we prepare for …

  22. In Arizona, the Thermostat Is Driving Voters to the Polls

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 11:00:28 -0000

    The tipping point came in March, when temperatures in Arizona set national records for the month by hitting 112 near Martinez Lake and Fort …

  23. Europe’s summer of wildfires is just a taste of what’s to come

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:23:00 -0000

    Europe is on fire. This summer the European Union has seen more than 1,750 wildfires. The flames have forced hundreds of thousands of people to …

  24. The clean energy transition needs land. Can it help restore it too?

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    What if the infrastructure needed to fight climate change could also help repair the land beneath it? At a UN desertification conference this week in …

  25. Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 18:29:56 -0000

    Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome …

  26. ‘A formidable predator’: Italian scientists relying on octopuses to get blue crab populations in check

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:12:21 -0000

    The Italian government has previously been urged to declare a state of emergency over the blue crab explosion, fuelled by climate-warmed …

  27. How Africa Is Battling Climate Extremes

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:47:47 -0000

    The effects of the coming “super” El Niño will reach beyond the continent. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: African …

  28. This American Wonder: David Muir's Grand Canyon journey and the Colorado River crisis

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:57:20 -0000

    David Muir explores the Grand Canyon's breathtaking scale and the growing concern over the Colorado River – a vital lifeline facing an uncertain …

  29. Filipino Cacao Growers Learn to Live With a Hotter Climate

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:16:00 -0000

    In the Philippines, ideal growing conditions for cacao have fueled an industry with a market value of more than $400 million. In the Davao region, on …

  30. Heatwave in France: 2026 sets record for rockfalls in the Alps

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 18:03:30 -0000

    The summer of 2026 saw an unprecedented wave of landslides in the French Alps, especially around Mont Blanc, driven by extreme heat and thawing …