Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. We'd Be Entering an Ice Age Right Now if Climate Change Hadn't Terminated It, Study Suggests

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 02:00:00 -0000

    Earth is constantly molded by fire and ice, and not in a poetic sense. These physical forces singe or scour our planet's surface with fiery eruptions …

  2. Why You Shouldn't Toss Your Old Halloween Pumpkins In The Trash

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 12:00:03 -0000

    The only thing scarier than Halloween? Getting rid of a sad looking jack-o’-lantern when it's over. When confronted with a rotting, deflating carved pumpkin, your first instinct might be to beeline to the trash as quickly as possible. But experts caution against doing so—warning that trashing …

  3. Elon Musk Made Off With $16 Billion of Taxpayer Money

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:17:01 -0000

    In theory, contractors are legally barred from political giving because that smacks of bribery. In practice, Musk gets a 2,200 percent return on his …

  4. Principles for a patient-centred transition to low-global warming potential pressurised metered-dose inhalers

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 22:57:07 -0000

    Climate change is recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO) as a major global health threat1; people living with chronic respiratory …

  5. Paper straws could be doing more harm than good, study suggests

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 21:11:36 -0000

    Paper straws have been marketed as a more environmentally friendly alternative to plastic, but a new South Korean assessment suggests they may carry a greater pollution-related health burden. South Korea’s Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment commissioned the assessment from the Korean …

  6. Fifty years on, Julius Dam remains a lifeline for outback communities

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 01:00:37 -0000

    In 1971, a devastating drought exposed a serious problem in the outback mining city of Mount Isa. Despite having a major dam, the city was running …

  7. I tried plug-in solar and loved it—but there’s a catch

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    As new laws roll out across the U.S. enabling plug-in solar panels, I tested one kit to see how it works. Getting solar installed on your roof typically involves weeks of planning and red tape and hiring an installation crew to do the work. I tried a very different option: a plug-in solar panel. …

  8. Climate skeptics used AI to review their work. It told them they were biased.

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:00:23 -0000

    Published October 31, 2026 Scientists handpicked by the Trump administration to write a critical review of climate science used various LLMs to …

  9. Trump cut funding for farmers — then unlocked billions for them before Election Day

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    Whether it’s enough to smooth over tensions with that constituency remains to be seen. The last two years have been a rough going for farmers and …

  10. The Clear, Obvious Lesson for Democrats in Lula’s Victory in Brazil

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    We can do hard things, but only if we do them together. Going into Sunday’s elections in Brazil, I wasn’t harboring the highest of hopes that the …

  11. Why Microplastics Are So Dangerous for Human Health

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    Microplastics are more chemically volatile than previously thought, a new study found. That could explain how they contribute to inflammation and …

  12. Melting Himalayan Glaciers With Western Greed - OpEd - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:08:53 -0000

    Key Takeaways: The article argues that Nepal’s 26 August glacial collapse and flash floods, which killed 1,455 people and left about 5,300 missing, …

  13. Leaders grapple with finance and harmful subsidies at UN’s COP17 biodiversity conference

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 07:07:34 -0000

    YEREVAN, Armenia — Visitors entering the main hallway of the 2026 U.N. biodiversity conference (COP17) encounter a mural of a herd of elephants. The …

  14. Nostradamus’ chilling 2027 predictions include wildfires, financial chaos, and worse

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    What could the “most famous seer” of the 16th century possibly know about a modern world filled with artificial intelligence, data centers and …

  15. Super El Niño, Polar Vortex Collapse Could Hit US At Same Time

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 17:14:42 -0000

    Two major atmospheric phenomena could influence U.S. weather in the coming weeks as a super El Niño continues to strengthen in the Pacific Ocean, …

  16. Something Ancient Is Waking up Under Earth’s Surface—and It’s Turning Water Orange and Toxic

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Soil frozen for millennia is thawing, and its chemical payload is traveling downstream. No place on Earth is insulated from the impacts of climate change, and that includes the remote Alaskan wilderness. Here, pristine streams criss-cross the landscape and support a diverse ecosystem of fish, …

  17. Microplastics found in freshly fallen snow in Sierra Nevada • Florida Phoenix

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 04:05:42 -0000

    Microplastics are everywhere — including in Nevada’s snowpack. After years of skiing on freshly fallen snow in remote locations across the Sierra …

  18. A Democratic Wave In the Midterms Could Change How Companies Talk About Climate

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 20:39:41 -0000

    For the last year, I’ve been asking corporate executives how they might expect anticipated Democratic victories in the midterm elections to shape the future of the U.S. climate and energy agenda. I was surprised how often they gave the same answer: investigations. Democratic control of congressional …

  19. Melting glaciers expose hundreds of unexploded World War I bombs

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:59:00 -0000

    Melting glaciers in the Italian mountains are revealing hundreds of unexploded bombs from the First World War. More than 200 of the munitions have …

  20. How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Carbon Captured How the fossil fuel industry influenced climate researchAn investigative series by ProPublica and Drilled In the spring of 2005, the …

  21. ‘Looks like Mars’: Toxic smog from Indonesia wildfires sparks health crisis, protests

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:30:00 -0000

    The unrelenting haze has affected millions of people in the region since the fires started in July, closing schools in multiple countries and spurring arguments about who is to blame. Almost every day for months, Indonesian schoolteacher Natanael Undas has gazed up at smoke-filled skies in …

  22. What’s the Secret to These Southern Democrats’ Success?

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Roy Cooper and Jon Ossoff are winning in tough states—but with wildly different strategies. In one of the more surprising developments in this …

  23. 200 nations at Cop17 commit to biodiversity goals amid missed opportunities

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:16:20 -0000

    Nearly 200 nations have struck hard-fought agreements at a UN biodiversity summit, but the outcome was accompanied by disappointment over missed …

  24. JD Vance Has Become Trumpier Than Trump. What a Disgusting Human.

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 03:41:13 -0000

    Vivek Ramaswamy is the hands-down winning monster of this election cycle, but the vice president is a close second—and is certainly doing more damage …

  25. William Nordhaus, Nobel laureate who integrated economics and climate change, devoted Yale citizen

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 09:00:06 -0000

    William D. Nordhaus, Sterling Professor of Economics, Emeritus, whose influential work as an economist transformed a field and who won the 2018 Nobel …

  26. Bolivia declares state of emergency over El Nino weather pattern

    Sun, 01 Nov 2026 04:04:40 -0000

    Drought is affecting 78,000 families, and has led to the loss of more than 75,000 cattle, as El Nino is due to peak in late 2026. Bolivia has declared a nationwide state of emergency to free up resources to deal with the effects of the El Nino weather phenomenon. Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz signed …

  27. Psychologists mapped the human "moral circle" across 41 cultures

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 11:00:36 -0000

    People around the world tend to rank their moral obligations toward others in a remarkably similar order, placing family and friends at the top and …

  28. How “Emergency” Armoring Is Erasing California’s Beaches

    Sat, 31 Oct 2026 15:14:15 -0000

    If billion-dollar data centers can be approved and built in a few years, why can’t we take serious action to save our beaches? For many of us, beaches …

  29. Ohio Denies Evidence of Fracking Waste in Drinking Water. Its Own Records Show Otherwise

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    This story is published in partnership with DeSmog, the climate investigations site. In Ohio’s rural southeastern corner, Marietta College geology …

  30. Inside Trump’s Dark Plot to Keep Senate in GOP Hands Even If Dems Win

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 19:01:38 -0000

    Senate control could come down to Alaska. Can Republicans really refuse to certify or seat Mary Peltola if she wins? Probably not. But they sure can …