Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The Amount of New Solar Power Production Capacity China Is Manufacturing Is Legitimately Mind-Blowing

   Sat, 31 Jan 2026 16:15:00 -0000

   Last year, a viral drone video from China’s Guizhou province revealed an entire mountain range blanketed in solar panels stretching to the horizon. …

2. US ski resorts raise red flags as major crisis causes sharp drop in visitors: 'Below the low end'

   Sun, 01 Feb 2026 03:30:00 -0000

   Resorts are seeing fewer skiers on U.S. slopes due to a lack of snowfall in the mountains. What's happening? Skier visits at Vail Resorts were down 20% …

3. Black history centennial channels angst over anti-DEI climate into education, free resources

   Sun, 01 Feb 2026 05:10:47 -0000

   For academics, historians and activists, the past year has been tumultuous in advocating the teaching of Black history in the United States. Despite last year proclaiming February as National Black History Month, President Donald Trump started his second term by claiming some African American …

4. Snow Drought in the West Reaches Record Levels

   Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:00:40 -0000

   While record snowfall and single-digit temperatures pummel much of the United States, an extreme snow drought and unusually warm weather are keeping skiers off the mountains, snowmobilers off the trails and water out of the rivers across much of the West. In many places famed for deep natural snow, …

5. The ‘Doomsday Glacier’ Could Flood the Earth. Can a 50-Mile Wall Stop It?

   Sat, 31 Jan 2026 09:18:56 -0000

   Scientists have long opposed polar geoengineering. Some now believe it will be necessary. This month, an international team of scientists has been trying to set up sensors on and around Thwaites Glacier, one of the most unstable in the world. It’s often called Antarctica’s “doomsday glacier” …

6. Thousands applied for this world-first visa. Now the first have arrived in Australia

   Sat, 31 Jan 2026 08:12:19 -0000

   The Manuellas are one of the first families to arrive in Australia under a new treaty with Tuvalu, as rising sea levels threaten their …

7. Italy Ski Resorts Grapple With Crowds, Climate Pressure

   Sun, 01 Feb 2026 06:28:00 -0000

   The buses from Naples arrive in a steady stream, unloading thousands of people in brightly-coloured ski outfits into the small town nestled in the …

8. Australian summers to experience more 50C days as heatwaves intensify, experts say

   Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:05:34 -0000

   After two heatwaves in January alone, the prospect of seeing 50 degrees Celsius forecast on weather maps across south-eastern Australia is becoming …

9. For Western forces in the Arctic, the cold itself is one of their toughest enemies

   Sat, 31 Jan 2026 12:57:01 -0000

   SODANKYLÄ, Finland — Deep snow. Fleeting daylight. Wet clothes. Frozen weapons. Sub-zero temperatures. NATO soldiers training in Arctic warfare are learning that in a future conflict, fighting the enemy may be only half the battle. The other would be surviving the region's harsh winters. "The …

10. The data center surge has a hidden source of carbon emissions

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 09:02:48 -0000

    Data centers siphon huge amounts of energy to power artificial intelligence. But their environmental footprint starts to balloon even before the …

11. A Secret Panel to Question Climate Science Was Unlawful, Judge Rules

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 19:57:05 -0000

    The researchers produced a report that was central in a Trump administration effort to stop regulating climate pollution. A federal judge on Friday ruled the Energy Department violated the law when Secretary Chris Wright handpicked five researchers who reject the scientific consensus on climate …

12. The West’s water war arrives in Washington

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    Interior Secretary Doug Burgum stepped into the seven-state brawl over the Colorado River on Friday — a high-stakes battle over water supplies that poses significant political danger in Western swing states for the Trump administration. Burgum convened most of the region’s governors and their lead …

13. New study reveals surprising side effects linked to driving electric vehicles: 'It … has an immediate impact'

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 23:00:00 -0000

    A new study confirms that electrifying vehicles significantly reduces air pollution. Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of USC found that …

14. Winter storm means no global warming? Here are the facts | Opinion

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    As we thaw out from yet another record-breaking winter storm, it’s predictable that someone would comment that obviously there is no global warming. …

15. Climate Advocates Want Help But Won’t Get It

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 14:46:32 -0000

    Climate scientists say that as the environmental disaster worsens, they need more help from governments, companies, and international organizations. …

16. New Analysis Warns Trump Offshore Drilling Plan Could Trigger Thousands of Oil Spills

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 09:45:00 -0000

    Conservationists say increased drilling could threaten already endangered marine species with extinction.A sweeping proposal by the Trump …

17. Confronting a catastrophic water crisis as millions forced to return to Afghanistan

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    When Arshad Malilk visited Kabul earlier this month, a glance up at the Hindu Kush mountain range that surrounds the Afghan capital would fill him …

18. Polar bears are using ice loss to their advantage. But scientists warn it won’t last for long

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 06:00:37 -0000

    Ice melt could be temporarily helping polar bears hunt more efficiently, but scientists say it may soon hinder populations. In 2015, a terrifying …

19. Extreme Heatwaves Across The Caribbean Are Becoming More Frequent And Severe

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 23:33:14 -0000

    A new study led by climatologists at the University at Albany has found that extreme heatwaves across the Caribbean are becoming significantly more …

20. Cloud Seeding Programs Are Spreading Across the Western US

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:32:01 -0000

    While parts of the East Coast gear up for another snowstorm, the weather is different in the western US. There, snow has been in short supply and ski …

21. In the world's driest desert, Chile freezes its future to protect plants

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Chile — Vicuña, the birthplace of Chile's first Nobel Laureate, writer Gabriela Mistral, is a dusty little town in the north of the country with colourful facades and cracked cobblestone squares. The breeze fans its streets, billowing curtains out across empty sidewalks, and street sellers shrink …

22. Mindfulness promotes pro-environmental behaviors to reduce single-use plastic pollution

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 08:38:47 -0000

    Richter, N. & Hunecke, M. Mindfulness, connectedness to nature, personal ecological norm and pro-environmental behavior: A daily diary study. Curr. …

23. Scientists resist Trump's war on climate data

    Fri, 30 Jan 2026 11:30:44 -0000

    Earlier this month, President Donald Trump mentioned the brutal winter storm hitting the U.S. and asked, in all caps, “Whatever happened to global warming?” The ignorance of this statement is one thing, but easily explained: rising temperatures are linked to more extreme weather, including colder …

24. 'Bomb Cyclone' Threatens Freezing Temperatures and Snow

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 01:04:07 -0000

    A bundled up Lucia Amato, of Argentina, sits on the shore while waiting for a friend in Miami Beach, Fla., Thursday, Jan. 29, 2026.A bundled up Credit - Marta Lavandier—Associated Press A winter storm traveling across the southern United States is threatening to drop snow on parts of Florida’s Gulf …

25. The Lithium Mine Next Door

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    The pavilion overlooking the small canyon before me made me think of a less imposing version of Black Canyon in Colorado’s Gunnison National Park. …

26. A former Sierra Club Foundation director sues over internal racism that he says hinders its mission

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 15:42:45 -0000

    NEW YORK (AP) — It seemed like a high-profile opportunity to lead an influential environmental group’s ambitious new push for green energy financing. And so, in May 2023, Pedro da Silva joined the Sierra Club Foundation, the charitable arm for the nonprofit started by naturalist John Muir. A former …

27. The Chernobyl Disaster: How a failed nuclear test led to the worst catastrophe

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 17:00:58 -0000

    On April 26, 1986, a failure during a reactor systems test led to the meltdown of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in the Pripyat, Ukraine. It would become the worst nuclear disaster in history. More disasters that changed history.

28. Sen. Capito speaks on high energy prices and permitting reform | Energy Pod

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 20:14:31 -0000

    Today, POLITICO Energy host Josh Siegel sits down with West Virginia Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito for an extended interview as they discuss how high utility bills could hurt Republicans during the midterm elections amid rising energy demand.

29. EarthCARE reveals global impact of Mount Ruang eruption - Earth Online

    Sun, 01 Feb 2026 11:22:00 -0000

    Insights from EarthCARE have shown how a volcanic eruption in Indonesia altered the composition of the stratosphere in the months and years that …

30. 15 Cities That Could Be Underwater by 2050

    Sat, 31 Jan 2026 18:14:22 -0000

    Picture waking up tomorrow to headlines announcing that your favorite coastal city is now permanently flooded. It sounds like science fiction, …