Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Hundreds arrested over French wildfires, but who is to blame?

   Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:59:23 -0000

   After wildfires caused more damage in France this year than at any time since World War Two, many are left asking a single question: Why? A major driver is that climate is changing as a result of the well-documented way humanity is burning fossil fuels. Temperatures are only rising. But with records …

2. ‘This is what’s working’: Indigenous leaders on environment solutions in their communities

   Sun, 09 Aug 2026 04:00:35 -0000

   Eriberto throws his head back with a laugh and shakes it as he tills his plot of land in the Peruvian Amazon, near the Cordillera Azul National Park …

3. Trump Thinks He Can Defy the Supremes on Birthright Citizenship

   Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The White House is serving up a staler helping of the legal arguments the Roberts court already refused to swallow. The White House appears to think …

4. Plastic waste is harming livestock in South Africa: smallholder farmers using communal land set out the support they need

   Sun, 09 Aug 2026 04:28:43 -0000

   Agriculture is the main source of income for communities in rural Mpumalanga, in the north-east of South Africa. Goats and cattle graze freely across …

5. Farmers Purpose-Bred A New Kind Of Cow Designed To Maintain Solar Farms

   Sat, 08 Aug 2026 18:17:00 -0000

   Agrivoltaics is a growing practice that involves using land occupied by solar panels for agricultural purposes, such as raising crops and grazing livestock. It's a mutually beneficial way to get the most use out of the land, and grazing sheep on solar farms has become a great source of income for …

6. AI Data Centers Are Causing Unfathomable Amounts of Air Pollution, and It Gets Worse With Each New One They Build

   Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:02:00 -0000

   The tech industry is showing no signs of slowing down. The amount of pollution spilling out of fossil-fuel generators is astounding. In the United …

7. A 12-Year Old From Scotland Created A Life-Saving Solar Invention

   Sun, 09 Aug 2026 04:28:17 -0000

   At the age of 12, most kids aren't thinking about how to help those in need and make the world a better place. That's not the case with 12-year-old …

8. Farmers’ Almanac releases 2026-2027 winter forecast: What to expect across the U.S.

   Sat, 08 Aug 2026 22:13:29 -0000

   Since 1818, the Farmers’ Almanac has issued an annual winter forecast, which it says is the longest-running long-range weather forecast in North …

9. Five Killed In Flesh-Eating Bacteria Outbreak In Louisiana

   Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:00:09 -0000

   Authorities have detailed how to avoid contact with the bacteria. Another scary-sounding disease hitting the beaches this summer: Vibrio …

10. Canada, U.S. shadow Chinese research ships in the Arctic as concern grows over Snow Dragons' presence

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0000

    Both Canada and the U.S. have been quietly shadowing two Chinese icebreaking research ships in Arctic waters off Alaska over the last couple of weeks. …

11. Danube River’s water levels drop so low that sunken Nazi warships are emerging

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:41:39 -0000

    PRAHOVO, Serbia (AP) — Water levels on the Danube River, the second longest in Europe, have dropped so low because of drought that the hulks of …

12. Will Colorado’s St. Mary’s Glacier become ‘un-skiable’ for the first time ever this summer? Some skiers think so

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 19:42:14 -0000

    On July 31, Kevin Hawley slipped over bumpy, muddy suncups on his snowboard, carving a few short turns down the thin strip of St. Mary’s Glacier …

13. NOAA now predicts ‘strong’ El Niño, which will impact Atlantic hurricane season

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:30:00 -0000

    The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is expecting fewer tropical storms and hurricanes this year, with forecasters placing the …

14. This Year's Super El Niño Is Far Beyond Anything Scientists Have Seen Before: “We're In Uncharted Territory"

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 10:30:52 -0000

    2026's El Niño is on course to be the most severe on record, even hotter than the 1997/98 event that caused trillions in damage and thousands of …

15. The fluffy white cumulus cloud drifting over your house right now weighs roughly 500 tonnes, the equivalent of 100 elephants, yet it floats because the dry air beneath it is denser than the cloud itself

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 20:30:00 -0000

    A fair-weather cumulus cloud can look almost insubstantial: a bright patch of white that changes shape while you watch it. Yet a widely used estimate …

16. Vanishing wonders: Can Latin America's treasures be saved? | Inside Latin America

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 02:38:41 -0000

    Machu Picchu and Rio Platano face threats from tourism, climate change and illegal activity, as UNESCO urges joint action to save them.

17. Climate crisis leaves Malaysia with hot-headed youth

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 02:00:09 -0000

    Young Malaysians are reporting worsening illnesses, heat-related health problems and disruptions to basic services as climate change intensifies, …

18. Old Farmer's Almanac Predicts 2027 Winter Weather with Super El Nino Threat

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    The Old Farmer’s Almanac has released its official Winter 2026–2027 forecast, warning that a strengthening Super El Niño could reshape weather …

19. Solar power is about to get more expensive. Thank Trump.

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 17:59:12 -0000

    The president’s latest tariffs will slow the transition to green energy. Solar is the fastest growing form of energy generation in the United States, and the Trump administration is about to make it more expensive — right after the midterm elections. President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he …

20. Trump is blocking billions of dollars of grants that would fix the grid

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    The Department of Energy has canceled or stalled funding for thousands of projects that would improve the country’s stressed grid — and not just in …

21. NSW's unusually warm winter brings early blooms, swooping magpies

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 21:05:11 -0000

    From magpies swooping weeks earlier than usual and an underwhelming snow season, to canola crops blooming a month ahead of schedule, the signs of an …

22. MPs fear one key issue could end new PM's honeymoon period

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 02:03:00 -0000

    The "Burnham bounce" has largely been driven by Green voters coming back to the fold. Labour MPs warn that spells trouble if more oil and gas is …

23. A No-Bid Contract to Rat Out Immigrant Minors

    Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Trump administration didn’t put that in writing, of course. It didn’t have to. I wrote in July about how Donald Trump, despite rhapsodizing about …

24. Harvesting rainwater from rooftops could cut the number of heatwave days and reduce air con reliance

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 05:00:32 -0000

    “Harvesting rainwater from roofs and using it strategically for cooling could provide a practical way to reduce both energy demand and urban …

25. Siberia’s Growing Methane Threat Could Offset 20% Of Global Methane Reduction Targets By 2050 - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 23:24:19 -0000

    Key Takeaways: Siberian methane emissions rose by 12.0 ± 1.9 Tg between 2010 and 2023 (about 1.1 Tg per year), a rate nearly matching the increase …

26. Spokane Shows What the New Era of Wildfires Looks Like

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    With rising temperatures and drier conditions, fires are more likely to explode. And with more people living next to forests, the results can be …

27. The Mediterranean’s Own Odyssey: An Ecological Treasure Feels The Strain - Eurasia Review

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 00:39:59 -0000

    Key Takeaways: The Mediterranean, covering only 1% of the world’s ocean surface yet holding up to 18% of known marine species, is under severe …

28. Donal O’Riain is taking carbon out of cement – and it could put Ecocem on a path to a huge IPO

    Sun, 09 Aug 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    ‘The only way for us to stop global warming is to let other people have access to our technology’ Donal O'Riain at the ball mill in the Ecocem plant …

29. Crocodiles attacks increase in Kenya

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 08:30:50 -0000

    In recent years, Lake Baringo in Kenya’s Rift Valley has risen to levels not seen in decades. Scientists say extreme rainfall linked to climate change is behind the surge, submerging communities and bringing dangerous wildlife closer to people, with attacks on the rise. Laurent Berstecher has more.

30. Scientists Say These Zones May Become Tropical

    Sat, 08 Aug 2026 12:38:02 -0000

    Have you ever imagined your hometown transforming into a lush tropical paradise—or perhaps a sweat-drenched jungle? As climate change shakes up our …