Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote

   Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   In the Big Beautiful Bill, the GOP put off Medicaid cuts until after midterms. America is about to find out why. One of Ronald Reagan’s most famous …

2. Are mosquitoes, ticks and fleas turning California into a disease hotspot?

   Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Some days it feels like we’re losing a battle against mosquitoes, ticks, fleas, flies and worms. Just this month, tularemia, also known as rabbit fever and caused by a bacterium in ticks and deer flies, was detected in people living on Long Island. A park in Marin County was shut down in July after …

3. The world’s largest electric plane takes flight

   Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:00:00 -0000

   The 25,000-pound aircraft flew for 27 minutes. The world’s largest, fully battery-powered jet officially completed its maiden flight. The successful test run marks a noteworthy step forward for long-awaited electric aircraft and battery technology broadly, but don’t expect to book a fully …

4. Lake Powell and Lake Mead water levels hit record lows

   Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:49:54 -0000

   The water levels of Lakes Powell and Mead are at record lows. What does that mean for the millions of people who rely on the country's two biggest reservoirs and the Colorado River that feeds them? SCOTT DETROW, HOST: The country's two largest reservoirs have hit dangerously low water levels. Lake …

5. A summer of extremes: Weathering a hotter world

   Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:16:17 -0000

   In Washington, D.C., this July, America's 250th birthday began with an evacuation. An incoming summer storm forced crowds gathered on the National …

6. Billions of sea stars have died. A Northwest tribe is trying to save the species

   Sun, 16 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

   On a spring morning so blustery that the National Weather Service issued a small craft advisory, a Samish Indian Nation research boat, called the Chinook (Yómech), set out from Anacortes, Washington, just east of the San Juan Islands. A team of divers crammed into the cabin as the small craft …

7. ‘Excellent profit’: Meet the Bavarian hop farmer securing his harvest and income with solar 'hats'

   Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:02:14 -0000

   No rain, no hops – no hops, no beer. Climate change, heat and dry farmland are hitting Bavaria’s key crop. Could solar panels save it? A wave of farm …

8. NASA Sees Early Signs El Niño Could Impact US Fish Supply

   Sat, 15 Aug 2026 19:16:29 -0000

   Satellite observations from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) are showing early signs that El Niño is already altering marine …

9. California tackles multiple wildfires as firefighter workforce faces strain

   Sat, 15 Aug 2026 20:40:48 -0000

   The federal wildland firefighting workforce, faced with low pay and cost of living issues, copes with Trump-era cuts. Firefighters in the western United States and Canada are working to contain multiple wildfires, including one that erupted along California’s rugged Big Sur coastline. The state’s …

10. New satellite images show Europe’s disappearing rivers due to drought

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:46:22 -0000

    Half of Europe’s land is experiencing drought, impacting river levels across the continent. Drought conditions have worsened across Central and Western Europe since the start of the summer with southern England, northern Italy and parts of Central Europe among the hardest-hit areas, according to the …

11. PM urged to stick to spirit of Labour manifesto and reject Jackdaw and Rosebank

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 23:01:00 -0000

    Andy Burnham has been urged to “stick to the spirit of Labour’s manifesto commitment” and refuse consent for the controversial Jackdaw and Rosebank …

12. US Climate catastrophe And Europe Collapse

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 13:56:00 -0000

    US GDP has been damaged by climate change. Because Europe is not prepared, the problem is worse there. More from ClimateCrisis 247 200,000 Cattle On A …

13. Lake Powell, nation's second-largest reservoir, hits record-low level

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:12:50 -0000

    Lakes Powell and Mead supply water for a vast swath of the Southwest. Less than two weeks after Lake Mead, the largest reservoir by capacity in the …

14. Earth's Chemistry Wobbled During Its 5 Biggest Mass Extinctions

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 15:30:01 -0000

    Life on Earth, beginning with simple microorganisms that evolved and diversified into the incredible breadth of species living today, has always been turbulent. But it's not just disasters like supervolcanoes and asteroid impacts that cause mass extinction. Read on below – and follow ScienceAlert for news that sparks your curiosity.

15. South Africa is overlooking solar technology that can keep generating electricity after sunset

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 06:17:57 -0000

    South Africa’s coal-fired power stations are retiring. The country must replace a huge amount of electricity over the next two decades. Currently, …

16. Wildfire smoke now bigger prenatal threat than human sources of air pollution

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:59 -0000

    Regulations reduced prenatal exposure to harmful emissions, but wildfire smoke is erasing gains. In 1965, a presidential advisory panel issued a …

17. Cash Cow

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    Welcome to Inside Climate, a podcast from the staff of Inside Climate News. In this episode, co-host Jake Bolster sits down with reporters Georgina …

18. The Growing Wildfire Threat: How Climate Change is Amplifying the Risk

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:10:50 -0000

    Wildfires are uncontrolled fires that spread rapidly, often causing significant damage to forests, grasslands, and surrounding communities. These …

19. Droughts And Floods Attract Little Media Attention - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 21:51:57 -0000

    Key Takeaways Cross-border media coverage of natural disasters is driven mainly by three factors: dramatic visual imagery (e.g., earthquakes, fires, …

20. There’s Pretty Much No Good Way to Fight an Electric Vehicle Fire, New Study Finds

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:01:00 -0000

    "Applying copious amounts of water to the battery enclosure is wasteful and will not stop thermal runaway." Electric vehicles offer plenty of …

21. Solar Farms Are Having An Unexpected Effect On The Environment

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:17:00 -0000

    Farms are closing at alarming rates. In 2025, the number of farms in the United States shrank by 15,000, and total farmland fell by 2.51 million …

22. Europe’s Great Rivers Are Dying. The Continent Is In for a Shock.

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 11:00:13 -0000

    All across Europe, shipwrecks and skeletons are rising from the deep. Near Prahovo, Serbia, Nazi ships scuttled in 1944 now lie broken-backed on sandbanks. In Croatia, a 1930s cargo ship protruded from the water. On the newly exposed riverbed of the Danube in Bulgaria, what local experts say is most …

23. How a herd of Old Irish goats is helping to reduce the risk of wildfire in Dublin’s uplands

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    Wildfires are becoming a frightening “new normal” across a tinder-dry Irish landscape, but herds of a rare goat species are proving their worth in …

24. Dead trees and vanishing birds: How extreme heat will change the British landscape

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:45:32 -0000

    Nature experts have painted a stark picture of the UK’s future landscape as heatwaves and droughts will dominate summers in years to come. A string of …

25. Solar-powered community gardens offer lifeline in drought-hit Zimbabwe

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 12:53:38 -0000

    Mutare, Zimbabwe – At a shared garden in eastern Zimbabwe, solar-powered pumps are helping farmers grow crops year round, even when drought dries out other fields. After sunrise over Chitiyo village in eastern Zimbabwe, Berita Numbi is already in her usual spot. She is watering vegetables grown in …

26. How to climate-proof your garden: The plant swaps I'll be making for next summer

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 05:30:00 -0000

    The summer weather has been unprecedented, and gardeners everywhere are disheartened by the state of their yards as they look out onto wilting leaves …

27. The Country The Headlines Never Fully Explain - OpEd - Eurasia Review

    Sat, 15 Aug 2026 22:13:48 -0000

    Key Takeaways On its 79th Independence Day, Pakistan is portrayed as a state that has repeatedly endured overlapping security, economic, displacement …

28. Hundreds flee as Belgium battles wildfire at German border

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:49:30 -0000

    A rapidly spreading wildfire has scorched about 2,700 hectares in the High Fens nature reserve near Belgium's border with Germany. The German town of …

29. Close Out Summer's Muggy Dog Days With a Revitalizing Frozen Cocktail: Once Over #2

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:30:42 -0000

    It's like a frozen margarita, meets Aperol spritz, meets ... mai tai? Sure, why not. When the American right wing assails the core concepts of climate …