Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. The two-metre question that could wipe out a population

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:30:06 -0000

    IN BRIEF World leaders will spend a day on Tuvalu's main atoll as part of the pre-COP31 summit. • The summit has drawn criticism on several fronts, …

  2. Super El Niño is here. What's so super about it?

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Federal forecasters say this year the planet could see the strongest El Niño event on record. It's already being called "Super El Niño" and even "Godzilla El Niño." El Niño is a natural climate pattern that has far-reaching impacts across the planet, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of …

  3. A storm may be brewing in the Gulf

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:22:40 -0000

    And in the Pacific, Super Typhoon Choi-Wan is the planet’s eighth Category 5, as another potential powerhouse, Koguma, begins organizing. After a …

  4. Why Carney Could Win the Nobel Peace Prize - Macleans.ca

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:29:43 -0000

    When the Nobel Committee announces the winner of the 2026 Peace Prize later this week, it will choose from 287 candidates, including 79 …

  5. As the planet warms, cities like Bangkok could be increasingly inundated by deadly floods

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 03:06:44 -0000

    In the humid tropics of Southeast Asia, afternoon thunderstorms roll through almost every day. Daytime heat causes towering, fluffy cumulonimbus …

  6. Germany news: Saxony-Anhalt parliament sits after AfD win

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 06:21:01 -0000

    At its first session, the new state parliament in Saxony-Anhalt is to vote on a speaker nominated by the far-right AfD. And Germany's foreign …

  7. Supreme Court reconvenes to new wave of Trump cases

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:15:00 -0000

    The Supreme Court formally begins a new term, taking on a wave of appeals from President Donald Trump along with major cases on guns, religious …

  8. India has green ideas. But can they make it to market?

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    India's climate innovators are developing promising technologies. But funding, policy, partnerships, and finding customers can determine whether they …

  9. Supreme Court's new term kicks off with blockbuster climate change case

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    A new Supreme Court term began Monday with arguments in a blockbuster case about the reach of state power. Boulder, Colo., is suing two big energy companies, arguing they deceived people about the harms of fossil fuels and contributed to disasters that cost Boulder a lot of time and money. The …

  10. Rivian Rolls to a New Record Quarter

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:37:15 -0000

    The global vehicle market is splitting into two — with just a few exception. The past three months have been crucial for Rivian, America’s biggest …

  11. How much is the European trade deal at risk over NZ’s climate commitments?

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:50:07 -0000

    New Zealand has long traded on its reputation as a forward-thinking, environmentally and socially responsible international partner. A case now …

  12. Pathetic Republicans “Trans”-ition to Their Vile Closing Argument

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A month out, the GOP is all in on playing the anti-trans card. Here’s how the Democrats need to answer it. Well, we’ve entered that time-honored phase …

  13. The Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the House

    Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:30:54 -0000

    If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the …

  14. Four Years After Dobbs, Abortion Is Back on the Ballot in a Big Way

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Four states are considering ballot initiatives related to reproductive rights this year, elevating the stakes of an already critical election. Four …

  15. When the crucial AMOC ocean current stops, Antarctic deep water will overturn and release millennia of trapped carbon

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 14:47:22 -0000

    A recent study looked at a “worst-case scenario” where a vital Atlantic ocean current, named the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), completely shuts down. Researchers found that this shutdown would trigger changes all the way down in Antarctica, causing deep, carbon-heavy water to …

  16. Not sold on Tesla Powerwall? There are great battery alternatives out there [update]

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:35:00 -0000

    Between increasingly extreme weather, rising electricity demands, and the rapid expansion of data centers, energy independence is starting to look less like a talking point for doomsday preppers and more like sound planning. That shift in thinking is driving more homeowners than ever towards …

  17. Low water levels, high demand force a reckoning for the Colorado River

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:07:19 -0000

    If you lean over the top of the Glen Canyon Dam to get a full view of the concrete pillar that buttresses one of the largest dams in the United …

  18. Here’s what a world without Arctic ice would actually look like

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    For decades, scientists have been sounding the alarm about the Arctic’s impending collapse. And now, we may have crossed the tipping point. Warming …

  19. Sinking Tuvalu Hosts World Leaders With Call For More Climate Action

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0000

    A delegation of global dignitaries is visiting remote, climate change-threatened Tuvalu in the western Pacific Ocean, as advocates press the case for …

  20. Budding food scrap pickup services across the US want your coffee grounds and eggshells

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:01:16 -0000

    DETROIT (AP) — Every Monday, Ricky Blanding drives his Ford Ranger pickup truck around Detroit along a carefully planned route. Blanding hops in and out of the truck, grabbing buckets of food scraps from porches and restaurants, piling those scraps into bins in the truck bed and driving them to a …

  21. Rare Southern African succulent listed as critically endangered amid mining threat

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:53:03 -0000

    The brown clockfig, an extremely rare succulent growing in the hot, arid border region of Namibia and South Africa, was recently assessed as …

  22. Climate damage already ‘locked in’ – but these 10 insights show our future is still being decided

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 07:42:58 -0000

    From rising sea levels to food systems fuelling climate change – experts have laid out 10 insights that require urgent action. Past emissions have …

  23. Super El Niño’s numbers are ‘absurd.’ What it means for California and beyond this winter

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 21:39:46 -0000

    ‘Blame it on El Niño.’ Those are the words emblazoned on the coffee mug on the desk of Dr. Ben Kirtman — Dean of the Rosenstiel School of Marine, …

  24. A new UN Chief, an old institution and a world in crisis

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:20:18 -0000

    On Jan. 1, the next United Nations secretary-general will take over an ageing organisation still controlled by World War II powers. What will the …

  25. How the aggressive lone star tick unleashed a hidden meat allergy on millions of Americans

    Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    WEST TISBURY, Mass. — Like a matador swirling his cape, Patrick Roden-Reynolds pulled a swatch of white flannel this way and that on the grass and leaf litter in my yard. After a minute or so, he plucked 11 tiny ticks from the cloth with tweezers, and stuck them on a lint roller. “It’s like a …

  26. Hong Kong temperatures drop to 23 degrees Celsius on Tuesday morning, lowest this autumn

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 00:54:03 -0000

    Temperatures in Hong Kong dropped to about 23 degrees Celsius (73 Fahrenheit) on Tuesday morning, the lowest so far this autumn.According to the Hong …

  27. Africa’s Ghost Plants: Why Scientists Are Digitizing Centuries of Botanical History

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:43 -0000

    In a small room in the University of Lagos’ Department of Botany in Nigeria, wooden cabinets stretch from floor to ceiling. Botanist Dr. George Nodza …

  28. Indonesia threatens prison time for unauthorized downloads of forest data

    Tue, 06 Oct 2026 02:59:01 -0000

    Indonesia’s government is imposing new restrictions on access to geospatial data, raising concerns among researchers and activists that it will …

  29. Supreme Court wrestles with energy companies' bid to block major climate-change lawsuit

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:54:09 -0000

    Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with a complex dispute involving an effort by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, to hold …

  30. ‘1.5°C to stay alive’: Pacific countries demand the world makes good on climate promises

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:09:59 -0000

    Leaders and delegates from countries including Australia, Germany, Nepal and Pacific nations began climate meetings in Fiji on Monday to discuss the …