Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. A storm may be brewing in the Gulf

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:22:40 -0000

    And in the Pacific, Super Typhoon Choi-Wan is the planet’s eighth Category 5, as another potential powerhouse, Koguma, begins organizing. After a …

  2. Super El Niño is here. What's so super about it?

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Federal forecasters say this year the planet could see the strongest El Niño event on record. It's already being called "Super El Niño" and even "Godzilla El Niño." El Niño is a natural climate pattern that has far-reaching impacts across the planet, potentially affecting hundreds of millions of …

  3. Scientists tout benefits of USDA Climate Hubs for NH farmers

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 23:42:30 -0000

    The USDA Northeast Climate Hub helps New Hampshire's family-run dairy farms build specific climate adaptation plans, including ways to prevent milk …

  4. Supreme Court reconvenes to new wave of Trump cases

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:15:00 -0000

    The Supreme Court formally begins a new term, taking on a wave of appeals from President Donald Trump along with major cases on guns, religious …

  5. ‘1.5°C to stay alive’: Pacific countries demand the world makes good on climate promises

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 19:09:59 -0000

    Leaders and delegates from countries including Australia, Germany, Nepal and Pacific nations began climate meetings in Fiji on Monday to discuss the …

  6. Four Years After Dobbs, Abortion Is Back on the Ballot in a Big Way

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Four states are considering ballot initiatives related to reproductive rights this year, elevating the stakes of an already critical election. Four …

  7. Supreme Court hears case on holding energy companies liable for climate change

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:55:51 -0000

    Supreme Court justices heard arguments in a major climate change case that could shape how communities hold industries accountable. Officials in …

  8. Supreme Court's new term kicks off with blockbuster climate change case

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    A new Supreme Court term began Monday with arguments in a blockbuster case about the reach of state power. Boulder, Colo., is suing two big energy companies, arguing they deceived people about the harms of fossil fuels and contributed to disasters that cost Boulder a lot of time and money. The …

  9. Sinking Tuvalu Hosts World Leaders With Call For More Climate Action

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0000

    A delegation of global dignitaries is visiting remote, climate change-threatened Tuvalu in the western Pacific Ocean, as advocates press the case for …

  10. Pathetic Republicans “Trans”-ition to Their Vile Closing Argument

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A month out, the GOP is all in on playing the anti-trans card. Here’s how the Democrats need to answer it. Well, we’ve entered that time-honored phase …

  11. Here’s what a world without Arctic ice would actually look like

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    For decades, scientists have been sounding the alarm about the Arctic’s impending collapse. And now, we may have crossed the tipping point. Warming …

  12. The Long and Extremely Urgent To-Do List if Democrats Take the House

    Sun, 04 Oct 2026 09:30:54 -0000

    If House Democrats don’t use every tool at their disposal to name names, kick ass, and stop further destruction, there will be hell to pay with the …

  13. A new UN Chief, an old institution and a world in crisis

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:20:18 -0000

    On Jan. 1, the next United Nations secretary-general will take over an ageing organisation still controlled by World War II powers. What will the …

  14. How the aggressive lone star tick unleashed a hidden meat allergy on millions of Americans

    Sun, 04 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    WEST TISBURY, Mass. — Like a matador swirling his cape, Patrick Roden-Reynolds pulled a swatch of white flannel this way and that on the grass and leaf litter in my yard. After a minute or so, he plucked 11 tiny ticks from the cloth with tweezers, and stuck them on a lint roller. “It’s like a …

  15. How much is the European trade deal at risk over NZ’s climate commitments?

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:50:07 -0000

    New Zealand has long traded on its reputation as a forward-thinking, environmentally and socially responsible international partner. A case now …

  16. Africa’s Ghost Plants: Why Scientists Are Digitizing Centuries of Botanical History

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:43 -0000

    In a small room in the University of Lagos’ Department of Botany in Nigeria, wooden cabinets stretch from floor to ceiling. Botanist Dr. George Nodza …

  17. Extreme heat is raising risks for mothers and babies - but experts say cooling solutions already exist

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 22:21:57 -0000

    73 per cent of maternal healthcare workers surveyed say they have seen heat-linked cases rise in the last five years. Extreme heat is making pregnancy …

  18. Killer beetles, tinderbox forests: Climate change takes center stage in SCOTUS battle over oil companies

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:09:15 -0000

    Boulder wants to sue oil companies for financial damages from global warming. BOULDER, Colo. -- To walk deep into the mountain forests at the doorstep …

  19. Catholic schools, banned rifles and ‘climate lawfare’: Blockbuster fights await Supreme Court

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 12:00:03 -0000

    The Supreme Court opens its new term Monday with cases that could reshape religious liberty, gun rights, immigration and the balance between state and federal authority. While the last term was dominated by major cases testing presidential power — including Trump’s authority to restrict birthright …

  20. Coral reefs are bleaching in extreme heat. Could underwater umbrellas save them?

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 05:02:27 -0000

    Underwater shades could help corals survive extreme heat, but researchers stress that they’re not a catch-all solution. Can an umbrella work …

  21. A New Approach to Public Safety Is Reshaping American Cities

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Municipalities all across the country are making innovative investments in community safety departments—and it’s starting to pay off. A couple of …

  22. UK’s preparation for food shortages is ‘woefully inadequate’, experts warn

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:02:49 -0000

    Britain has “no plan” to feed the country in the event of a crisis and is desperately unprepared to deal with food shortages, a group of more than …

  23. Pacific Islands urge world leaders to act on climate crisis

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 09:37:25 -0000

    For Pacific island nations, climate change is no distant threat. As seas rise, they're bringing the real-time consequences of a warming planet …

  24. ‘There could be local extinction’: The fight to protect Indonesia’s orangutans as El Niño fuels fires

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 11:08:46 -0000

    JAKARTA — Fires burning within rainforests that contain more than half of the world’s critically endangered Bornean orangutan population have …

  25. Scientists pull hydrogen, fresh water and uranium from single 250kW seawater plant

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:20:28 -0000

    Chinese scientists have developed a 250-kilowatt system that can produce hydrogen and fresh water from seawater while recovering valuable marine …

  26. The Biggest Cases Coming in the Next Supreme Court Term

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    From gun safety to voting rights, executive power to immigration reform, the Roberts court has returned to cast a long shadow over American life. Next …

  27. Budding food scrap pickup services across the US want your coffee grounds and eggshells

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 13:01:16 -0000

    DETROIT (AP) — Every Monday, Ricky Blanding drives his Ford Ranger pickup truck around Detroit along a carefully planned route. Blanding hops in and out of the truck, grabbing buckets of food scraps from porches and restaurants, piling those scraps into bins in the truck bed and driving them to a …

  28. Supreme Court wrestles with energy companies' bid to block major climate-change lawsuit

    Mon, 05 Oct 2026 17:54:09 -0000

    Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with a complex dispute involving an effort by the city and county of Boulder, Colorado, to hold …

  29. Federal politics: Joyce confirms Rinehart purchased $8m One Nation head office in Brisbane — as it happened

    Sun, 04 Oct 2026 20:14:41 -0000

    Mon 5 Oct 2026 at 4:12pmMon 5 Oct 2026 at 4:12pm That's the end of our blog! Mon 5 Oct 2026 at 3:30pmMon 5 Oct 2026 at 3:30pm Government failing fight …