Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. The Long Shadow of the Iran Shock

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    Hormuz and the new geography of energy power.

  2. Trump administration ends funding for Arctic climate report

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 22:35:49 -0000

    The Trump administration said it would stop funding the Arctic Report Card, the longstanding effort to collect research on how the fastest-warming …

  3. France and England battle multiple wildfires as record heat grips Europe

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 07:47:27 -0000

    PARIS (AP) — Firefighters across France and in central England struggled against multiple fires Friday as a new wave of record-breaking heat baked a swath of Europe, their task further complicated by exceptionally parched landscapes. With France experiencing its driest year ever, a new fire raced …

  4. The Real Reason Data Center Gas Power Plants Are So Dirty

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    A massive new gas plant in Texas will be built with much less efficient technology than regular gas plants. It’s far from the only data center power …

  5. Congress may kill the federal heat rule before OSHA can

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:30:00 -0000

    The Biden-era heat safety rule was already languishing. Now, in a summer of record-breaking heat, a congressional committee has moved to block it …

  6. Potentially historic El Nino takes shape, with far-reaching US and global impacts expected

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 17:07:59 -0000

    NOAA is confident the fall and winter seasons will bring a very strong El Nino. El Nino conditions continue to intensify and are likely to be very …

  7. A Legendary Flood in Medieval Europe Wasn't a Single Disaster—It Was 16 of Them

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 20:10:19 -0000

    The findings offer important lessons about crisis response, as well as the interconnectedness of natural disasters. St. Mary Magdalene’s flood of 1342 …

  8. ‘Trying to bury the science’: US climate research under siege

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:08:10 -0000

    Scientists saw a “broad attack” on attribution science, including from Republicans in Congress seeking to outlaw climate accountability lawsuits.

  9. Romania shuts only nuclear plant as heat causes drop in Danube River level

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:05:35 -0000

    Romania has shut down its only nuclear power station because of extremely low water levels in the Danube river caused by prolonged hot weather affecting much of Europe. The Cernavodă plant, where two reactors produce about 20% of Romania's electricity, is not expected to be restarted within the next …

  10. More people, farms, and drought could mean more elephant conflict in Southern Africa

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:43:26 -0000

    A growing human population, expanding croplands, and drier conditions driven by climate change within protected areas could significantly intensify …

  11. How a major oil slick started washing up on Iran's beaches

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:01:00 -0000

    Verified videos show a major oil slick washing up on Iran's Qeshm Island, which analysts have said comes from a ship hit by a strike in the Strait of Hormuz. BBC Verify has also analysed satellite imagery suggesting the oil spill originated from an attack on a vessel in Omani waters on 3 August. A …

  12. Strong El Niño could deepen hunger crisis – and other climate and nature news

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:34:23 -0000

    1. El Niño raises global food security risks A powerful El Niño could push nearly 49 million more people into acute food insecurity by the end of next …

  13. The false and the furious: We aren’t just bothered by different beliefs – we’re bothered when we think others are wrong

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:32:28 -0000

    Why do disagreements about vaccines, climate change or elections often feel so personal? Our research suggests it is not simply because other people …

  14. People Aren’t Just Sick of Donald Trump—They’re Sick of His Wife, Too

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Melania is the most disliked First Lady in modern history. Her solution? A new reality show coming this fall. Something’s off with Melania. This …

  15. Europe’s economy faces a one-two punch from extreme weather and war

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:01:29 -0000

    London — Nuclear power plants idled. Crops harvested at 3 a.m. Iconic tourist attractions shuttered early. Soaring temperatures are forcing drastic measures in Europe, where successive heatwaves are straining an economy already under pressure from US tariffs, Chinese competition and higher energy …

  16. Stunning Wisconsin Outcome Hands Dems a Surprise Weapon Against MAGA

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:23:48 -0000

    How David Crowley’s upset win in the Wisconsin gubernatorial primary sets the party up for potential wins in state legislative races, and in bigger …

  17. Early-Onset El Niño

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:28:24 -0000

    The global weather disrupter appears to be taking a toll, and its peak could still be months away. About 1,000 miles south of Hawaii, the first signs of El Niño have come to Kiribati, an island nation in the central Pacific Ocean. Alyssa Atwood, an associate professor in the Earth, ocean and …

  18. NZ’s new flood maps are missing a hidden threat – the water quietly rising from below

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 20:10:32 -0000

    The latest update of nationwide flood maps, to be released next year, will give communities across New Zealand the clearest picture yet of the …

  19. Record-breaking heat takes mounting toll on the U.S. economy

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:27:00 -0000

    When a heat dome descended on Minnesota in mid-July, Duluth-based Canal Park Brewing Company had its air conditioning blasting. Then it cut out. Faced …

  20. Brazil Supreme Court upholds laws that led to downfall of Amazon soy moratorium

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:21:09 -0000

    RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Wednesday dealt a major blow to the future of the country’s soy moratorium, upholding state laws that deny tax incentives to farmers who complied with the agreement barring the purchase of soy grown on deforested Amazon land. At the same time, the …

  21. Iran oil spill: the war is leaving environmental scars that ceasefires cannot heal

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:13:20 -0000

    Oil slicks moving along Iran’s southern coast have reached the Hara mangrove forests of Qeshm Island. Iranian authorities say the extent of the …

  22. A City Mobilizes Against a Stubborn Health Threat: Mosquitoes

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 14:49:55 -0000

    It’s been 10 years, but Paulo Gomes still vividly remembers the terror he felt that his wife, Lucirene, would never return from the hospital, that she would die instead of the dengue she contracted from a mosquito bite, her body racked with fever and excruciating pain. She did come home, after 15 …

  23. European drought shrivels crops despite farmers’ best efforts to adapt

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 16:47:27 -0000

    The drought roasting much of Europe this summer is taking a heavy toll on crops across the continent, from potatoes in the Netherlands to corn in Bosnia. Triodos, a Dutch bank with a focus on sustainability, has warned that this could reduce gross domestic product across the EU by 1 percent for …

  24. More than 135 million people in Europe face temperatures over 35C

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:38:39 -0000

    Europe is the fastest-warming continent in the world and in some places is ill-equipped to deal with hot weather. More than 135 million people across Europe, mostly in France, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, face temperatures above 35 degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) as the continent’s latest …

  25. South Korea players want K League season change due to ‘worsening climate’

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 08:35:31 -0000

    South Korea football players push for a K League season shift as ‘punishing heat’ hitting summer matches. South Korea’s Pro Footballers Association (KPFA) is calling on the K League to overhaul the domestic football season to avoid playing during the height of summer, as local temperatures reached …

  26. UK records hottest day of the year as temperature tops 38C

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 18:48:09 -0000

    Grass fires in Stourbridge have affected six houses and forced residents to evacuate while the UK bakes in another heatwave. ITV News' Midlands …

  27. Human errors more to blame than climate crisis for devastating Assam floods

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 23:01:00 -0000

    The floods that have killed 103 people in the north-eastern Indian state of Assam this summer were not made worse by the climate crisis, but rather …

  28. Experts, organisations unite to tackle 'supercharged' El Niño heat in red centre

    Wed, 12 Aug 2026 21:12:50 -0000

    In the face of a potentially sweltering El Niño summer ahead, researchers, experts and health practitioners gathered in Alice Springs this week to …

  29. Putting tiny backpacks on butterflies—for science

    Thu, 13 Aug 2026 15:09:00 -0000

    With the Project Monarch App, users can track their 3,000-mile-long migration. How do you track the movements of the majestic monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus)? By giving each bug a solar-powered radio backpack, of course. The orange, black, and white polka-dotted pollinators are native to North …

  30. Black Forest coolcation: tourism in Germany surges in 2026

    Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:40:23 -0000

    In Spain and Italy, the Black Forest is an extremely popular holiday destination. But Germany has set a different record with other visitors. Most …