Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Gore’s ‘truth’ aged badly, a disastrous discipline ‘reform’ and other commentary

   Sat, 01 Aug 2026 01:19:40 -0000

   Climate watch: Gore’s ‘Truth’ Aged Badly Al Gore’s alarmist documentary “An Inconvenient Truth” 20 years ago triggered the “inculcation” in “millions …

2. China’s Giant Solar Park Is Turning a Desert Green—Why Scientists Are Stunned

   Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:30:00 -0000

   Who would have guessed that installing thousands of solar panels in the middle of a barren desert would do more than just generate electricity? In …

3. Concerning Map Suggests The Worst May Be Yet to Come For Devastating European Fires

   Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:00:00 -0000

   It's been a fraught summer in terms of extreme weather events. Heatwaves have set new records. Canada has burnt, Europe is currently on fire. If you're …

4. The Dry Danube: Europe’s legendary river got so low that a cruise ship ran out of food and water

   Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:13:01 -0000

   As wildfires rage in France and Spain and a renewed heat wave is bearing down on Western Europe, a prolonged drought half a continent away is setting …

5. Climate Change Is Moving Mountains

   Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:20:25 -0000

   As glaciers melt and rainfall grows more extreme, once-stable lands are shifting. On geological timescales, the Earth is a dynamic place. Tectonic plates shift. Continents move. Mountains rise and fall. But during humanity’s tenure on Earth, the ground beneath our feet has largely stayed put. That …

6. Chevron’s profit nearly quadrupled. Drivers are paying for it at $4 a gallon

   Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:42:10 -0000

   American oil and gas giants raked in massive spring profits while fighting between Iran and the U.S. impeded petroleum shipments and consumers around …

7. The surprising source of most wildfire smoke

   Fri, 31 Jul 2026 21:19:41 -0000

   Where does wildfire smoke actually come from? When we're talking about wildfires and the smoke in the air, it's natural to think about the trees that are burning and the carbon that's in the branches and leaves. But that's only part of the story.

8. Plug-In Solar Panels Are Starting to Sprout in U.S. Backyards

   Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:48 -0000

   Ten U.S. states have legalized systems that can be plugged into standard wall outlets. The technology typically does not require permits or electricians. After watching a YouTube video about solar panels that can be plugged into a regular electrical outlet, Melani Jackson plopped four panels in the …

9. We revisited a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years. What we found was astounding

   Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:08:45 -0000

   What’s the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: do we protect forests …

10. Why Rivian Is So Optimistic

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:57:35 -0000

    The automaker had a decent second quarter, but projects its best-ever year-end performance, as we wrap up a busy week in the energy economy. This is …

11. Coral Reefs Presumed Dead Have Been Found Teeming With Life

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    There's nobody who wants to hear some good news about coral reefs more than me. I celebrated my ninth birthday in Florida by snorkeling on an …

12. Psychology Says the Reason You Think More Clearly Near Moving Water Is Not Metaphor – Your Brain Enters a Distinct Cognitive State Near Water That Has Its Own Name in Neuroscience and That the Built Environment Cannot Produce

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:00:00 -0000

    Have you ever noticed how a stubborn problem suddenly feels solvable the moment you sit by a river, walk along a shoreline, or listen to rain hitting …

13. Strong El Nino 'adding fuel to a planet already on fire', warns UN chief

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:41:11 -0000

    UN Secretary-General António Guterres warned on Friday that a strengthening El Niño is intensifying an already worsening climate crisis, saying the weather phenomenon is "adding fuel to a planet already on fire" and could drive record-breaking global temperatures. A strengthening El Nino that could …

14. Arizona, California and Nevada would share cuts under federal proposal to manage the Colorado River

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:55:25 -0000

    PHOENIX (AP) — Three western U.S. states would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal released Friday to stave off a crisis in the beleaguered waterway. The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation proposal spares four other states from facing mandatory cuts for now. It’s meant to be …

15. Ukrainian Drone Attacks On Refineries Far From Only Threat To Russia’s Oil Industry - Analysis - Eurasia Review

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:53:45 -0000

    Key Takeaways: Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries have sparked a country-wide gas shortage and cost Moscow significant export earnings. …

16. As Europe Burns, a Climate Cover-Up Continues

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The U.K.’s Labour government seems afraid to talk about the climate emergency. “To cover up 1 high level report … looks odd,” remarked Caroline Lucas, …

17. This common 'heat wave mistake' could harm your health as temperatures soar over 95 degrees this weekend

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 23:57:16 -0000

    The thought of heading into another brutal heat wave this weekend may have you feeling like a heat-pummeled, melting face emoji unable to get off the couch. For me, that’s compounded by the fact that I don’t have air conditioning anywhere in the house but for a small, rickety wall unit in the …

18. Germany's heat death toll nears 10,000

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:51:01 -0000

    Germany's heat-related death toll for 2026 has already surpassed every full-year total since 2016 — and is expected to climb as another spell of …

19. Trump Plans to Impose Deep Cuts to Western States’ Water Usage

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:06:28 -0000

    Arizona, Nevada and California are expected to be hit the hardest as Colorado River levels drop to historic lows. Arizona, California and Nevada are …

20. Bill Gates spent millions so his 390-foot superyacht could run on hydrogen and glide in utmost silence. Ironically, someone chartered the $650 million vessel and threw an onboard party so loud that residents of a quaint Italian village had to launch an online protest

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:28:43 -0000

    Few superyachts have pushed engineering as far as Breakthrough. Built at an estimated cost of around $650 million, the 390-foot (119-meter) Feadship …

21. Scientists Find Evidence of Lost Amazonian Civilization That May Have Been Home to Millions

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:20:52 -0000

    New airborne laser scans surveying the Amazon have found ancient human structures rewriting the history of this allegedly pristine wilderness. The …

22. Super El Niño Threat Grows: Map Shows At-Risk States This Winter

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:07:48 -0000

    A developing El Niño climate pattern is forecast to strengthen significantly during the second half of 2026, with some forecasters warning it could …

23. Abandoned Study of Australian Ash Trees Challenges Case for Clearcutting

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 13:04:00 -0000

    A landmark study of the towering ash trees that grow in the mountains of Victoria, Australia, which was launched in the 1980s, boosted arguments for …

24. UN, scientists warn that strong El Nino will add fuel to ‘a planet already on fire’

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 19:15:56 -0000

    By SETH BORENSTEIN and EDITH M. LEDERER UNITED NATIONS (AP) — A strengthening El Nino has already broken records for intensity at its early stages, …

25. Powerful El Nino to intensify heat on ‘a planet already on fire’: UN

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 20:38:56 -0000

    UN chief Guterres calls for halt to new fossil fuels as El Nino induces heatwaves, floods, and drought worldwide A rapidly intensifying El Nino event is set to dominate global weather patterns in the coming months, unleashing extreme weather across the planet, the World Meteorological Organization …

26. Inside Barcelona’s most sweltering neighbourhood: El Raval

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:24:09 -0000

    Densely packed apartments, low incomes, a lack of tree cover and uninsulated housing have placed the migrant heart of the city on Europe’s frontline of extreme temperatures. Barcelona, Spain – The sky glows with the pink, orange and blue hues that commonly appear when the sun slips below the horizon …

27. Trump administration spares Southwest from harshest water cuts in new Colorado River plan

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 16:16:50 -0000

    The Trump administration has released its long-awaited 10-year plan for dealing with worsening water shortages along the Colorado River. Instead of ordering the most drastic water cutbacks it could have imposed, the administration chose to take more of a wait-and-see approach. The plan allows for …

28. Human-caused climate change made Spanish, French fires much more likely, scientists calculate

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 15:31:17 -0000

    Climate change's fingerprints are all over the extreme fire weather that sparked this week's devastating wildfires in Spain and France and has spiked …

29. 5 Weathering Clues on the Sphinx That Have Some Geologists Questioning Its Official Age

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 18:45:00 -0000

    Walk up to the Great Sphinx of Giza, and it does something strange to your sense of time. You know the official story: carved about four and a half …

30. Don’t Let High Temperatures Ruin Your Vegetable Garden—These Are the Strategies Gardeners Swear By

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 10:54:00 -0000

    Increasingly, summers bring extreme heat conditions many plants can’t handle well. When very high temperatures hit, gardeners need to help their …