Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. It’s no longer illegal to destroy the one thing endangered species need most to survive

   Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:30:00 -0000

   The Trump administration’s twisted definition of one word is putting hundreds of rare animals at risk. The greatest threat to animals in the US and globally is the destruction of their habitat — replacing grasslands with farms, cutting forests for timber, building suburbs atop wetlands. It’s the …

2. In Appalachia, Severe Floods Linked to Spikes in Opioid Deaths

   Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:00:00 -0000

   As global warming fuels more extreme rainfall in Appalachia, new research finds a link between flooding and opioid deaths. Across the U.S., the …

3. Trump calls for review after climate manual for judges withdrawn

   Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:02:44 -0000

   President Trump called for a “review” on Sunday of an updated judges’ manual that he claims the left improperly influenced. It follows the removal of …

4. Why Is the Federal Government Dumping Toxic Chemicals Onto Public Lands?

   Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:44:25 -0000

   A few years ago, Lori Ann Burd, environmental health program director at the Center for Biological Diversity, hiked a mountainside in Oregon that …

5. Oystercatchers, known for sharp bills and beady eyes, are making a comeback thanks to conservation

   Mon, 20 Jul 2026 13:13:33 -0000

   SOUTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (AP) — On a pristine Rhode Island beach teeming with noisy seabirds, a group of biologists armed with nets sneak up on a pair of American oystercatcher chicks. But just as they move in to capture them, one of the football-size birds, with bright-orange bills and long legs, …

6. Vanguard sounds alarm on growing housing market problem

   Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:46:00 -0000

   Investment firm Vanguard warns Americans of a major threat that could alter home equity assumptions. Vanguard portfolio managers are actively warning …

7. The Crisis That Novelists Can’t Handle

   Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:15:00 -0000

   Amitav Ghosh believes that climate change requires rethinking the novel. His new work of fiction fails that standard. Is there any subject that fiction cannot address? From its beginnings as a form, the novel has dealt with love and hate, war and peace, courage and cowardice, boredom and …

8. Why Your Smart EV Still Has a Dumb Battery

   Mon, 20 Jul 2026 18:50:10 -0000

   Yes, we’re talking about lead acid. In seven years of owning an electric car, I’ve done practically no maintenance. My 2019 Tesla Model 3 has gotten a …

9. Modern Life May Be Pushing Human Minds Beyond Their Limits

   Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:59:24 -0000

   An 'evolutionary mismatch' is leading to significant problems in physical and mental health, a new study suggests, from obesity to anxiety. Read on below – and follow ScienceAlert for more evidence-based health news.

10. Tropical depression forms in Gulf, National Hurricane Center says

    Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:45:46 -0000

    A tropical depression has formed along the Gulf Coast off Florida, according to the National Hurricane Center, as an area of low pressure becomes more defined and thunderstorms and rain increase. The hurricane center said July 19 on its website that a tropical storm warning was in effect for the …

11. Letter to the editor: The Willow Fire near Leadville is not commonplace

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 19:47:54 -0000

    It has recently been reported that the Willow Fire was “human caused.” While that’s certainly true in the immediate sense, it also points to a much …

12. How state actors are exploiting climate crises to spread disinformation

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:04:09 -0000

    The number of extreme weather events is on the rise, and some states are taking advantage of these climate crises to spread disinformation. A report by France's Institute for International and Strategic Affairs (IRIS) says that climate disinformation has become a “tool for destabilisation”. The …

13. A Major Ocean Current Is On The Verge of Collapse

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 03:07:04 -0000

    The Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation acts as a planetary conveyor belt. It brings balmy water northward from the tropics to Europe, then cycles the cooled water back south along the seafloor. However, human-caused climate change is slowing this vital system and even threatening a potentially near-future collapse. Read on below – and follow ScienceAlert for more evidence-based climate news.

14. ‘Cancer Doesn't Care What Party You Belong To’: Poisoned Water Is Turning This Rural State Bluer

    Sun, 19 Jul 2026 20:13:51 -0000

    Democrats see an opening in rural states for the first time in decades. In Iowa, it’s about water. This article was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, an independent, nonprofit news organization. MT. VERNON, Iowa — Chris Jones, the 65-year-old Democratic nominee …

15. Tropical Depression 2 crawls in the Gulf, trying to organize

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:46:53 -0000

    The tropical system is forecast to spread heavy rain and storm surge threats as its wind field expands. After what seemed like rapid development from …

16. How global energy production is changing, in 6 charts

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 15:50:16 -0000

    The world is using more electricity than ever, but where this energy comes from is changing. Renewable sources like wind and solar power are growing …

17. 6 Separate Flood Accounts From Cultures With No Historical Contact – Containing Identical Specific Geographic and Temporal Details

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 12:30:00 -0000

    There is something eerie about how often ancient people, separated by oceans and millennia, tell stories about the world drowning. You open a myth …

18. We’re Underestimating the Power of ‘One-in-a-Thousand-Year’ Solar Storms, NASA Warns

    Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:30:07 -0000

    New research led by NASA Goddard found persistent “erroneous measurements” skewing past estimates for how severe geomagnetic storms can …

19. Tropical storm, heat dome, toxic air. Much of US faces extreme weather

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 16:41:41 -0000

    A series of potent thunderstorms could bring flash flooding to the Midwest and East Coast, forecasters say, as the middle of the country contends with a potentially record-breaking heat dome and lingering, toxic wildfire smoke. The severe weather comes after powerful storms swept across a vast swath …

20. ‘Totally DISCREDITED!’ Trump Orders Probe of National Academy of Sciences Over ‘Bogus’ Climate Guidance

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:36:05 -0000

    President Donald Trump ordered federal officials to review the conduct of the National Academy of Sciences, accusing the organization of providing …

21. There’s more the story on the Supreme Court decision on Roundup

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 04:01:00 -0000

    The recent Supreme Court decision concerning the labeling of Roundup pesticide (Monsanto Co. v. Darnell) has important implications. While lawyers …

22. Every second, the Sun converts about 600 million tonnes of hydrogen into helium and loses roughly 4 million tonnes of that mass outright as energy, and the light warming your face today left the core as gamma rays that took somewhere between 10,000 and 170,000 years to random-walk their way to the surface.

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 07:10:43 -0000

    Every second the Sun burns through roughly 600 million tonnes of hydrogen, fusing it into helium in a core hotter than 15 million degrees Celsius. …

23. Europe beats heat records and battles wildfires – and other climate and nature news

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 20:42:27 -0000

    1. Europe's heatwave is hottest yet, sparking wildfires The European summer got off to a blistering start last month, with extreme heat caused by the …

24. Super El Niño charging ‘full steam ahead,’ potentially drenching California like never before

    Sun, 19 Jul 2026 11:24:04 -0000

    El Niño is back, and it might be bigger than ever. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration declared in June that the threshold for an El …

25. You’re Probably Eating Plastic Every Time You Cook—Here’s 1 Big Change You Can Make

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    A wave of “non-toxic kitchen” advice is spreading online. Here’s the science behind why people are swapping out plastic – and what’s actually worth changing. Every time you chop vegetables on a plastic cutting board, you might be shaving tiny plastic particles directly into your food. One 2023 study …

26. Rapidly thawing permafrost is acidifying streams across North America

    Sun, 19 Jul 2026 14:22:33 -0000

    Streams are abruptly acidifying and turning orange or milky-white across vast regions of North America’s northwest. This is caused by permafrost thaw …

27. Central Valley farmers reluctantly turn to solar as water supplies dry up

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    California’s Central Valley is one of the country’s richest farming regions, blessed with fertile soils, sunny days and a massive man-made system of irrigation canals and reservoirs. But as climate change intensifies, droughts deepen, and water restrictions kick in, growers in much of the valley are …

28. Trump again shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments

    Sun, 19 Jul 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    Two executive orders signed Monday afternoon slashed the size of the Utah national monuments revered by tribes and public lands advocates. Grazing, …

29. The Most Powerful Volcanic Eruption Ever in World History

    Mon, 20 Jul 2026 11:15:48 -0000

    Volcanic eruptions are among Earth’s most spectacular natural events, showcasing the tremendous power residing beneath the planet’s surface. …