Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. US Winter Storm Watch: Expected this weekend

   Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:08:06 -0000

   A major, widespread winter storm is set to hit the United States this weekend, slamming a 2,000-mile stretch with heavy snow and dangerously icy conditions that could impact over 150 million people.

2. 'Nobody’s going to believe him': Trump’s Greenland 'deal' sparks relief — and confusion

   Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:40:31 -0000

   Markets and some European leaders welcomed the news that U.S. President Donald Trump was standing down from imposing further tariffs on European …

3. Australian summer is undergoing a 'total transformation', scientists warn

   Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:39:28 -0000

   The Australian summer is undergoing a "total transformation", as scientists warn climate change made a recent blistering heatwave five times more …

4. What a US military base lost under Greenland’s ice sheet reveals about the island’s real strategic importance

   Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:49:53 -0000

   In the summer of 1959, a group of American soldiers began carving trenches in the Greenland ice sheet. Those trenches would become the snow-covered …

5. EU holds emergency summit amid Greenland upheaval

   Thu, 22 Jan 2026 18:24:14 -0000

   US President Trump's sudden declaration of a "breakthrough" on Greenland seemed to render an emergency EU summit partly moot, as it was originally …

6. Davos Stops Pretending

   Thu, 22 Jan 2026 21:56:03 -0000

   Buzzwords like social justice and sustainability have vanished as the elite summit seeks Trump’s favor. Davos has long been a weather vane for the world, a perch from which to observe big shifts like the rise of China, the disruptive power of A.I. and now the breakdown of the postwar order. I spoke …

7. How Much TACO Trump Crumbled on Greenland Deal Revealed

   Thu, 22 Jan 2026 03:17:39 -0000

   The president backed down just hours after a fiery speech in Davos. Details of Donald Trump’s dramatic U-Turn on his demands to purchase and control …

8. Warming temperatures could change penguin breeding in Antarctica : Short Wave

   Fri, 23 Jan 2026 08:00:00 -0000

   A new study shows penguins are breeding earlier than ever in the Antarctic Peninsula. This region is one of the fastest-warming areas of the world due to climate change. Penguins time their breeding period to environmental conditions like the temperature outside, whether there's ice on the ground …

9. Yes, feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction

   Fri, 23 Jan 2026 04:41:38 -0000

   Millions of years of isolation have shaped Australia’s extraordinary mammal fauna into species unlike anywhere else in the world, from platypus to …

10. Energy Dept. Says It Is Canceling $30 Billion in Clean Energy Loans

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 22:41:50 -0000

    Many of the cancellations had been known for months, but the announcement underscored the drastic change in the energy landscape under President Trump. The Energy Department said on Thursday that it was in the process of revising or canceling more than $83 billion in loans for clean energy …

11. From Wind Farms to Stolen Elections: Fact-Checking Donald Trump’s Speech at Davos

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:39:52 -0000

    In his much anticipated speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, President Donald Trump reiterated his desire to take over Greenland, railed against wind farms, and criticized what he claimed was an imbalance in trade between the United States and the rest of the world. He also …

12. Why This Weekend’s Winter Storm Is Going to Suck Extra Bad

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 17:16:57 -0000

    A warming Arctic set the stage for a massive winter storm expected to stretch 2,000 miles across the Eastern U.S. this weekend. The eastern two-thirds …

13. The world is entering an era of "water bankruptcy," U.N. report warns

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 18:32:00 -0000

    The planet is entering an era of global "water bankruptcy," a United Nations research agency said in a new report, which warns that humans' water use …

14. ‘Who the Hell Said That?’: Trump Implodes in Davos After Bragging World Leaders Worshipped Him With a Nickname — Then Scrambles to Walk It Back When a Telling Gesture Exposes the Truth

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 16:45:34 -0000

    Donald Trump botched his facade of political dominance in front of a global audience while speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, …

15. Greenland’s strategic position in seven maps: Why Trump wants the island

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:56:16 -0000

    The world’s largest island sits in the Arctic Circle and is strategically and economically valuable. US President Donald Trump is in Davos, Switzerland, to attend the annual gathering of the World Economic Forum (WEF), where the issue of Greenland will be front and centre. Trump’s long-running …

16. A river carries industrial waste and sewage from Nepal to India

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 07:17:24 -0000

    • The Sirsiya river, once central to daily life, agriculture and religious rituals in southern Nepal, is now heavily polluted with industrial waste and …

17. Our world is entering an ‘era of global water bankruptcy’, UN scientists declare

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 01:07:00 -0000

    For decades, we have heard many warnings about a global water crisis. However, a new UN-supported report states that these previous warnings do not …

18. Watch: How was Trump's Davos speech received?

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:22:33 -0000

    US President Donald Trump took to the stage in Davos, Switzerland to speak at the annual World Economic Forum, and gave a speech featuring topics ranging from Europe's green policies to Greenland. Trump told the room he would not use force in Greenland - but also launched a long argument for why the …

19. On Michigan Cherry Farms, Small Falcons Are Improving Food Safety

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 09:14:16 -0000

    Kestrels are already abundant on local cherry farms, but a new study suggests their presence might lower the risk of food-borne illnesses caused by …

20. The planet has entered an era of 'water bankruptcy,' according to new UN report

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 21:53:47 -0000

    Some of the impacts to water systems are irreversible, according to the report. The world has entered an era of global "water bankruptcy," as …

21. Top business leaders issue an expletive-laced message on the green backlash

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 07:29:08 -0000

    Top business leaders this week delivered an expletive-laden plea in defense of climate action, describing the backlash to Europe's green transition …

22. An ancient forest in Ecuador is the last stand for a tiny hummingbird facing extinction

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 05:04:31 -0000

    QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Deep in the Ecuadorian Andes, an ancient forest stands as a final sanctuary against the encroachment of human activity. This is the Yanacocha Reserve, the last refuge for the Black-breasted puffleg (Eriocnemis nigrivestis), a tiny hummingbird teetering on the edge of …

23. Mapped: The True Size of Greenland, Compared to Most World Maps

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 03:20:30 -0000

    With a population smaller than a mid-sized American suburb and an economy heavily dependent on Danish subsidies, Greenland would seem an unlikely …

24. Trump launches 'Board of Peace'; ICE memo expands home entry powers

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:34:40 -0000

    Full story President Donald Trump formally launches his new “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum in Davos, despite several major U.S. allies …

25. View / Why the smart money is betting against Davos

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 12:25:14 -0000

    On clean energy, the smart money at Davos is betting against the most powerful person here. US President Donald Trump used a lengthy portion of his …

26. Fact-checking Trump's Greenland-focused Davos speech

    Wed, 21 Jan 2026 23:09:13 -0000

    This article originally appeared on Politifact. As he prodded European leaders to let the U.S. take Greenland, President Donald Trump made several …

27. We’re Racing Down the Highway to a Mad Max World

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 20:07:44 -0000

    Climate Impacts Tracker dubbed 2025 The Year of Climate Disasters, noting, “Flash floods tearing up a Himalayan village in India, hurricanes and …

28. In Scotland, the fishing practice of scrapping ocean bottom continues despite protection promises

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026 03:27:49 -0000

    Bally Philp hauls up his baited traps from the waters off Scotland’s Isle of Skye, checking each one methodically. Unlike most of Scotland’s …

29. Historic winter storm: 235 million in path of dangerous snow, ice with first impacts in less than 24 hours

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:57:34 -0000

    A trailing blast of Arctic air associated with the polar vortex is expected to bring a dangerous re-freeze that could create long-duration power …

30. Over 1,600 US ski resorts have been abandoned. Now, many are being reborn as MTB trails

    Thu, 22 Jan 2026 11:02:00 -0000

    As climate change kills off small ski resorts across the Midwest and Northeast, their steep hillsides are being transformed into the next generation …