Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

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

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:03:14 -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 …

2. Trump moves to open 44 million forest acres to roads, logging, citing wildfire risk

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:06:28 -0000

   The Trump administration plans to remove longstanding protections on more than 44 million acres of national forest, opening the door to new roads, …

3. 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 …

4. The Next Front in Trump’s War on Reproductive Health Care

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The administration’s MAHA mavens are targeting Title X funding in their effort to undermine Planned Parenthood and others. But providers are fighting …

5. Why extreme heat is much more dangerous for the elderly than we realised

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:32:28 -0000

   Human heat tolerance limits are lower than previously thought and old age is a major risk, Stanford researchers say. A much higher number of elderly people than previously expected are at high risk of illness or death from extreme heat as temperatures climb under the effects of climate change, …

6. The grid's extreme heat problem is changing

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:15:05 -0000

   Solar energy and batteries are making it easier for utilities to meet surging electricity demand during extreme heat, but prolonged high temperatures …

7. Why Egyptian farmers are growing crops under solar panels

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:15:00 -0000

   The additional shade reduces evaporation and stress on the plants, all while generating clean electricity. Ancient Egyptian civilization blossomed in …

8. The Legal War Over Prediction Markets Is Getting Crazier

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has gone to war with the state regulators trying to rein in the industry’s sports gambling interests. Last …

9. Trump’s Micromanaging Warship Design Will Set the Navy Back by Decades

   Tue, 18 Aug 2026 17:50:01 -0000

   These nonsensical steam catapults are just one of several instances of Trump trying to pretend he knows anything about ship design, and they’re …

10. Miami Hits 100°F for First Time Since 1942

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:32:46 -0000

    Miami reached 100 degrees Fahrenheit on Tuesday, matching a temperature the city has recorded only once before in more than 130 years of weather …

11. Europe’s seas reach record heat as climate change threatens marine life

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:34:08 -0000

    Human-caused climate change was the main driver of record-breaking sea temperatures around Europe this summer, scientists said on Wednesday, warning of severe risks to marine ecosystems and coastal communities. The Mediterranean averaged a record 27 degrees Celsius in July, while waters near …

12. There’s a better way to cool data centres that cuts their huge thirst for water

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:22:58 -0000

    Water is an amazing substance. The human body is made up of more than 50% water. Approximately 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water. We …

13. Scientists explore new ways to target mosquitoes as warming climate expands threat

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 22:25:36 -0000

    It doesn't have sharp teeth or claws, but the mosquito kills more people than any other animal on earth. As the climate warms, mosquito season is …

14. 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 …

15. South Africa to Australia: Why coal profits are surging during Iran war

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 06:27:30 -0000

    Coal companies are reporting a huge rise in profits, but analysts say a global clean energy transition is still on track. Crude oil and natural gas supplies have been disrupted worldwide by the United States-Israel war on Iran, but one energy sector appears to be cashing in – coal. This week, South …

16. Strait of Hormuz chaos has incentivized China to use an alternative trade route: a 3,400 mile frozen Arctic channel dubbed the ‘Ice Silk Road’

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    The ongoing trade disruptions from the Iran war have enabled China to gain a trade edge, but it requires shipping vessels to brave the Arctic. On …

17. The cognitive bias behind bad climate math

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:00:35 -0000

    Before people can reduce their carbon footprint, they need to know what actions will most help them do so. Research has shown that this domain of …

18. What It Means to Build a Truly Sustainable Ocean Economy

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:10:38 -0000

    The future of humanity is being built along the world’s coastlines. Around 2.4 billion people live within 100 km (62 mi.) of a shoreline, including roughly one billion within 10 km (6.2 mi.). This narrow band of land, about 5% of the inhabited world, generates an estimated 30–50% of global GDP. It …

19. Lula calls oil near the Amazon River a passport to Brazil's future after Petrobras strikes new find

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:20:55 -0000

    SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said on Monday that oil drilling in northern and northeastern coastal regions could be “a passport to the country’s future” after visiting a Petrobras offshore drilling vessel following a find announced last week near the mouth of the …

20. How one man grew a forest to save a river

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:52:00 -0000

    In Tamil Nadu, one man's mission to grow a forest along the Thamarabarani River helped stop sand mining, protect water resources, safeguard his village, and more.

21. Organized Megastorms Could Reshape Tropics' Rainy Seasons In The Coming Years

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:05:04 -0000

    It's called climate change because it's not just about hotter or drier, colder or wetter climate shifts. It's about the increased and often …

22. U.K. to Test Whether Tweaks to Trans-Atlantic Flight Paths Affect Global Warming

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:13:26 -0000

    Hundreds of aircraft traversing the North Atlantic will be asked to adjust their altitude in an effort to reduce heat-trapping contrails. The wispy white contrails that airliners streak across the sky may resemble harmless clouds, but scientists have long warned that they intensify climate …

23. Teens and Young Adults, Especially Educated Men, Tend to Have Higher Food Emissions

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

    Slashing food-related emissions needs varied strategies for different ages and countries, two new studies find. Broad advice to cut back on …

24. California’s new tire efficiency rules could save drivers $1B a year

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 23:19:53 -0000

    The nation’s first tire efficiency standards target an overlooked drag on fuel economy that can cost drivers more at the pump. California just became …

25. South Africa’s top court blocked Shell’s Wild Coast oil search: why it matters for climate justice

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:44:14 -0000

    South Africa’s Constitutional Court – the country’s highest court – handed down a landmark judgment for climate change and environmental justice in …

26. Extreme Heat May Be Even More Dangerous to Older Adults Than We Thought

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:45:59 -0000

    New research found adults aged 60 and over will bear the brunt of public health risks driven by climate change. The dangers of extreme heat have been …

27. How Americans stayed cool before air conditioning: From sitting on smelly ice to sleeping on the roof

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:02:00 -0000

    Even Presidents had to get clever in the heat, such as building a screened-in porch on top of the White House just to catch a breeze. To say Summer 2026 has been a scorcher would be an understatement. In Europe, prolonged heat waves and record-setting hot days have crossed the threshold from …

28. The UK and Google are testing changes to flight paths to tackle aviation's climate impact

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 14:21:25 -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 altitude adjustments can reduce aviation’s climate impact. The British government is backing the landmark airspace-scale trial, launched Tuesday, to …

29. Cuba has plenty of doctors. So why is its healthcare system collapsing?

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:30:00 -0000

    The crisis reveals a forgotten variable in the health equation: energy. Since January, many Cubans have lived a life of near-constant darkness. The Trump administration’s oil blockades have led the country into a worsening energy crisis, collapsing what was already an eroding national power …

30. Capitalism is killing summer

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:58:00 -0000

    It’s a “Hot Socialist Summer,” proclaims the New York City Democratic Socialists of America Instagram. Indeed, it has been a summer of socialist …