Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The Latest Data on El Niño Is a Looming Nightmare

   Sun, 17 May 2026 13:00:00 -0000

   The damage could be incalculable. Unprecedented extreme weather is no longer once-in-a-lifetime. We live in an era when seasonal hurricanes have the …

2. The ‘doomsday’ glacier’s giant ice shelf is about to break away

   Mon, 18 May 2026 09:00:26 -0000

   Antarctica’s most threatened glacier is about be further destabilised, as the floating ice shelf in front of Thwaites glacier is set to break …

3. New burn bans and Trump's battle with immigration and DEI are impacting forest fires

   Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   It was a rare windless April day in southern Washington and Adam Lieberg was stuck in front of his computer. He was supposed to be burning acres of twigs and pine needles in the forests between the Columbia River and the Yakama Nation nearby — the sort of controlled burn of ground fuel that is one …

4. SpaceX Starlink and other satellite megaconstellations are creating an 'unregulated geoengineering experiment', scientists say

   Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   "Black carbon from satellite launches has about 540 times bigger climate effect than black carbon released by ships, cars and power plants." Space …

5. The First Atomic Bomb Test in 1945 Created an Entirely New Material

   Sun, 17 May 2026 05:30:00 -0000

   The discovery from the Trinity nuclear test site shows how extreme conditions can result in materials never before seen in nature or in the …

6. Aussie animal rapidly spreads across 6,500 hectares beyond predator-proof fence

   Mon, 18 May 2026 02:14:00 -0000

   No one had seen a woylie in the sprawling Wheatbelt region for 100 years. A rare Australian mammal has returned to a region where it was pushed to the …

7. Antarctic Sea Ice Enters 'Shock' Decline as Ocean Heat Breaks Through

   Sun, 17 May 2026 18:00:16 -0000

   For decades, Antarctica seemed to defy global warming. Since satellites began monitoring the poles in the late 1970s, the seasonal growth and retreat …

8. Indonesia says its giant sea wall will stop flooding. Is this climate adaptation or a costly folly?

   Sun, 17 May 2026 20:07:14 -0000

   Indonesia plans to build a “giant sea wall”, more than 500 kilometres long, to defend Java’s north coast from rising sea levels. The proposal includes …

9. California’s sweeping new plastic recycling rules spark fights from all sides

   Sun, 17 May 2026 21:00:00 -0000

   CALIFORNIA JUST GAVE plastic producers until 2032 to make all their packaging recyclable or compostable — the most ambitious deadline in the country. …

10. Platner’s Energy Plan Prioritizes Lowering Costs and Taking on Big Oil and the ‘Oligarchy’

    Sun, 17 May 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Senate candidate Graham Platner’s key energy goal is to reduce costs for Mainers. He’d also like to tax the “ever-living hell out of the companies …

11. Rep. Virginia Foxx allegedly sent 'hostile' response to child's letter on electric cars. Here's what we know

    Sun, 17 May 2026 16:00:06 -0000

    Foxx reportedly slammed climate change legislation and accused teachers of "indoctrinating" students in a message to a fourth grader. The claim that …

12. Copenhagen isn't restricting seniors' beef intake. The limit is only guidance

    Mon, 18 May 2026 03:00:06 -0000

    Social media posts claim that Copenhagen's council is limiting elderly care residents to a small amount of beef per week. But that's not policy. In …

13. Agri-environmental policies have reduced cropland degradation globally

    Mon, 18 May 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    Cropland degradation is a major threat to agricultural production and the environment. To address this, countries around the world implement a range …

14. Trump Takes Victory Lap After UN Backtracks On Climate Change Predictions

    Sun, 17 May 2026 19:06:56 -0000

    President Donald Trump declared vindication Saturday night after the United Nations’ (UN) top climate panel quietly retreated from its most alarming …

15. 14 of the most beautiful grevilleas to plant in your garden

    Mon, 18 May 2026 04:08:48 -0000

    Grevillea ‘Superb’ If you want to make a bold statement, ‘Superb’ is the variety to choose. The ombre orange-and-pink blooms are large and …

16. Virginia governor signs Dominion-backed bills. All eyes on regulators now.

    Mon, 18 May 2026 09:24:58 -0000

    This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. …

17. The companies not buying carbon credits are the ones we should worry about

    Mon, 18 May 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Many still treat carbon credit engagement as a reputational liability rather than a climate responsibility. The opinions expressed here by Trellis …

18. Southeast Asia sees $540 billion in planned green power, but over a third of clean energy investment at risk: study

    Mon, 18 May 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    Out of the green capital expenditure announced across the region between now and 2030, only around US$315 billion is on a credible path to …

19. Trump celebrates after UN climate committee moves away from its most extreme global warming scenario

    Sun, 17 May 2026 03:54:56 -0000

    President Donald Trump on Saturday blasted Democratic climate policies after scientists moved away from one of the most extreme global warming scenarios previously used in United Nations-backed climate modeling. "GOOD RIDDANCE! After 15 years of Dumocrats promising that 'Climate Change' is going to …

20. Green energy will have the last laugh — because of Trump

    Sat, 16 May 2026 14:00:19 -0000

    Donald Trump’s war in Iran has created the biggest energy crisis in modern history that the International Energy Agency has described as “the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market.” The crisis can’t be spun, no matter how hard Trump, Fox News and Energy Secretary (and …

21. Is golf ball-size hail expected to increase due to climate change?

    Mon, 18 May 2026 09:45:00 -0000

    Yes.Climate researchers predict storms that produce golf ball-size or larger hail will become more frequent, thanks to climate change.According to a …

22. The U.S. Still Doesn't Have an Answer to China's EV Dominance

    Fri, 15 May 2026 19:32:35 -0000

    President Donald Trump returns from China today alongside a who’s who in his cabinet and some of the most recognizable faces in American business like Elon Musk and Jensen Huang. While details were thin on any actual dealmaking to emerge from the two-day trip, Trump left with an air of positivity …

23. The (Re-)Emergence and Spread of Viral Zoonotic Disease: A Perfect Storm of Human Ingenuity and Stupidity

    Mon, 18 May 2026 01:25:46 -0000

    Diseases that are transmitted from vertebrate animals to humans are referred to as zoonotic diseases. Although microbial agents such as bacteria and …

24. Utah's fragile desert could feel like the Sahara if America's biggest data center gets built

    Mon, 18 May 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    The Great Salt Lake is drying up. What happens when a data center as large as a city sits next to it? This coverage is made possible through a …

25. Colorado River crisis could force drastic water measures across the West, experts say

    Sun, 17 May 2026 01:20:22 -0000

    Los Angeles — The Colorado River is in crisis, with a growing population taking more water from it as a hotter climate is drying up the supply. The …

26. The Honey Collectors Who Risk Their Lives in Tiger Country

    Sun, 17 May 2026 08:00:22 -0000

    Each year, men enter the Sundarbans—a nearly 4,000-square-mile mangrove forest stretching across southwestern Bangladesh and southeastern India—to …

27. The Feds Are Coming After Grand-Staircase Escalante. Scientists Are Furious.

    Sat, 16 May 2026 04:46:23 -0000

    In the remote canyons of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, a battle over public land protections is quietly unfolding. More than 150 researchers and scientific institutions have called on lawmakers to reject legislation that would strip Grand Staircase-Escalante of federal …

28. The Pennine hills are full of holes – here’s how they’re helping fight climate change

    Mon, 18 May 2026 09:07:52 -0000

    Thousands of holes are appearing in the Pennine hills, as part of efforts to improve carbon storage by restoring damaged peatland. Peat itself is …

29. Justice Alito pushes back on calls to sit out a major Supreme Court climate case

    Fri, 15 May 2026 15:13:47 -0000

    The conservative justice has no financial conflict that would require him to recuse himself from the case, a court spokeswoman told NBC News. WASHINGTON — Facing calls to step aside in a major upcoming case involving climate change, conservative Justice Samuel Alito is pushing back, with a Supreme …

30. German shipbuilder reveals the world’s first 100% battery-electric cruise ship and it could reduce gas emissions by 95%

    Mon, 18 May 2026 07:56:00 -0000

    There’s a German company called Meyer Werft that’s been working on a fully electric cruise ship. We talk about electric cars a lot, but no one seems …