Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. How We Became ‘Half in Love With Easeful Death’

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025 06:00:05 -0000

    The end is nigh. This fall, it feels nigh-er than usual. In the last three months, the drumbeat of end times seems to have grown louder. First, rumors of the Rapture. Second, harbingers — or at least one — of apocalypse. And palpable throughout, a thrumming sense of general unease. This is both …

  2. The Salmon That Surprised Everyone

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 12:00:11 -0000

    When the last of four dams on the Klamath River in southern Oregon and Northern California was demolished in October 2024, everyone who knew the river well had a question: How long would it take for salmon to reclaim the upper reaches they’d been cut off from for more than 100 years? About 10 months …

  3. Factory farming in Africa: development banks see it as a good idea, but it’s bad for the climate

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:33:14 -0000

    In sub-Saharan Africa, pastoral livestock farming – where cattle, goats and sheep roam freely across grasslands, grazing at will – has been the main …

  4. Michael Mann To Bill Gates: What World Are You Living In?

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:30:50 -0000

    Bill Gates pictures himself as a technology and system innovator. In October, the billionaire philanthropist recontextualized climate action, global …

  5. The L.A. Auto Show ends this weekend. Here are new EVs you can buy today

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 23:47:06 -0000

    Thousands of people are expected to converge in downtown L.A. as this year’s Los Angeles Auto Show wraps up on Sunday. The event at the Los Angeles Convention Center is one of the oldest and largest auto exhibitions in the nation and features hundreds of new vehicles and concept cars, including the …

  6. Shipping movements disrupted as climate change protesters block coal ships from entering Port of Newcastle

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:41:56 -0000

    One of the largest shipping ports on Australia's east coast cancelled all shipping movements for three hours on Sunday following an on-water climate …

  7. Climate Change: Major Droughts Linked To Ancient Indus Valley Civilization’s Collapse

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 23:13:50 -0000

    Successive major droughts, each lasting longer than 85 years, were likely a key factor in the eventual fall of the Indus Valley Civilization, …

  8. Amazon workers warn 'warp-speed' AI push threatens democracy and the planet

    Fri, 28 Nov 2025 19:00:00 -0000

    Workers say AI tools are being used to intensify quotas, cut jobs, and accelerate burnout—while delivering shaky results. A growing number of Amazon employees have signed onto an open letter issuing some dire warnings about the company’s sprint toward AI. The letter, signed by more than 1,000 workers …

  9. Why is France paying €130m for winemakers to uproot their vines?

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:00:39 -0000

    France says it is ‘determined’ to rescue the wine industry from a crisis, but could its plan backfire? France has turned to the European Union for …

  10. The Supreme Court’s Ethics Code Is a Joke. Big Oil Knows That.

    Fri, 28 Nov 2025 06:59:30 -0000

    Oil companies want the Supreme Court to intervene to dismiss lawsuits about climate change. Amy Coney Barrett and Samuel Alito both have big …

  11. The US Constitution Left Out Nature. Green Amendments Could Fix That

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 09:00:07 -0000

    Across the United States, our state and federal constitutions recognize and protect many cherished rights and freedoms: our right to free speech, to …

  12. Why the World’s Top Coffee Producer is Switching Up Its Beans

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 11:00:33 -0000

    In the coming years, coffee from Brazil might start to taste a bit different. The South American country is the world’s biggest producer of arabica, a …

  13. 'UNCONSCIONABLE': Christian Leader Condemns the 'Climate Colonialism' That Would Doom the Global South to Grinding Poverty

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 17:00:00 -0000

    Climate alarmists don’t just get the science wrong but also demonize the engine of wealth that has brought billions out of grinding poverty; and this …

  14. Electrification could save Europe €250 billion annually to reinvest in the energy transition

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 05:36:05 -0000

    Europe is set to save €250 billion per year if it accelerates electrification. Doing so across industry, buildings and transport means integrating …

  15. I went to COP30—and saw how the rest of the world is pushing climate action even as the U.S. steps back

    Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0000

    I arrived in Belém, Brazil, and the United Nations Climate Change Conference COP30, hoping to see global unity against climate collapse. Brazil’s …

  16. Researchers in Antarctica Make Alarming Discovery at the “Doomsday Glacier”

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 13:40:35 -0000

    The Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica is bigger than the state of Florida. Its collapse would have significant consequences for the entire world.

  17. America’s EVs Are Dying

    Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:34:25 -0000

    EVs accounted for 8% of new US cars early this year. They are now down 4%. After tens of billions of dollars invested in the industry, it is going …

  18. Dear Abby: I have decided to be child-free, but who will care for me when I’m older?

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:00:00 -0000

    DEAR ABBY: I’m in my early 30s and have decided to lead a child-free life. I think having a kid in the current state of affairs (rising costs, social …

  19. Africa’s forests are now emitting more CO2 than they absorb

    Fri, 28 Nov 2025 10:00:41 -0000

    African forests are now emitting more carbon dioxide than they absorb, a fundamental shift that will make it more difficult for the world to cut its …

  20. Armageddon Is A Global Blowup – OpEd

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 23:11:42 -0000

    A new international study published in Scientific Reports warns that Africa’s forests, once vital allies in the fight against climate change, have …

  21. Climate change is real. It's happening. And it's time to make it personal.

    Fri, 28 Nov 2025 15:43:35 -0000

    We found the psychological impetus people need to take action on climate change — realizing it will affect them and their way of life …

  22. The Simple Trick That Can Help Protect Your Outdoor Plants From Frost During Winter

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 16:40:00 -0000

    Few things are more crushing to a gardener than nurturing potted and container plants all season only to lose them to a killing frost. Freezing temperatures are always a concern in the garden, but especially for vulnerable potted plants, the roots of which don't benefit from being in the cozy, …

  23. Humans killed millions of vultures. We're now living with the consequences.

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:00:09 -0000

    BIKANER, India — Dogs roam a field of cattle carcasses at the Jorbeer dump in northern India, passing hollowed-out rib cages and tugging at pink flesh decaying in the sun. Nearby, workers skin hides for leather from the 40 carcasses that arrive daily, fighting heat and a suffocating stench. Competing …

  24. Almost $100 Billion Worth of Rare Earth Elements May Be Buried in The US

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 14:00:07 -0000

    Recent research suggests there may be an untapped deposit of rare earth elements hiding in plain sight: the 52 billion tons of coal-ash waste produced by US power plants since the 1950s. Read on to find out more.

  25. Murdoch Media Wrongly Pinned NJ High Electricity Costs on Clean Energy, Says Watchdog

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 10:00:00 -0000

    The op-eds and TV segments coincided with the gubernatorial campaign in the Garden State.Media companies owned by Rupert Murdoch have found a …

  26. High variability in flood discharge and stage accelerates river mobility

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025 01:36:58 -0000

    Lateral channel migration is a fundamental process in natural alluvial rivers; however, the factors that control the rate of migration remain …

  27. How Indigenous Cultural Burns Can Help Heal Climate-Ravaged Forests—and People

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 09:55:00 -0000

    A fire expert on the difference between prescribed burns and cultural burns, and why we should incorporate both into modern forest management.From …

  28. Khomeini promised free water. Iran is running out of it.

    Fri, 28 Nov 2025 11:45:34 -0000

    Reservoirs are drying up in Tehran and around the Islamic Republic. Holly Dagres, an Iranian American, is a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy. “Bravo, mom!” a little girl cheers in a 2024 video as her mother swims laps in Iran’s Karaj Dam reservoir. Then the Instagram …

  29. My Three Weeks Navigating Ice in the Arctic Ocean

    Sun, 30 Nov 2025 03:00:00 -0000

    THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE—Climate change is melting sea ice at a quickening pace, and in the process rekindling dreams that have beguiled seafarers for centuries: finding an alternative shipping route to Asia around the North Pole. Commercial shippers hope to establish an express shipping lane to save …

  30. Coffee Hits 50-Year High Because Of Climate

    Sat, 29 Nov 2025 15:11:06 -0000

    The price of coffee beans just hit a 50-year high. Some of this was tariffs. Even with those taken away, the climate crisis in Vietnam and Brazil has …