Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Three Reasons Why Donald Trump Probably Wants the Republicans to Lose

   Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   People seemed surprised that Trump would dismiss high gas prices and claim the U.S. is making a fortune from the Iran war. But if you know Trump’s …

2. 'It's offensively cheap': How solar power is quietly becoming bigger than nuclear

   Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   After defying projections, solar's dramatic growth means it is now overtaking nuclear as a global power source. Here are seven reasons for solar's success, and where it might go from here. The world's solar power is crossing a threshold. A decade ago, it barely registered on a global scale, …

3. Bezos Earth Fund and partners pledge $500m for threatened species recovery

   Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:06:58 -0000

   The Bezos Earth Fund and eight other organizations have pledged more than $500 million over five years to help rescue some of the world’s most …

4. Lula beats Bolsonaro to win Brazil presidential election

   Mon, 26 Oct 2026 00:26:15 -0000

   Brazil President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected to a fourth, nonconsecutive term in the nation's presidential election, according to early …

5. Record flooding hits the U.S. as powerful tropical storms threaten Asia

   Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:17:09 -0000

   Miami faces its longest-ever streak of moderate coastal flooding, historic floods sweep across the Southwest, and Typhoon In-fa and Cyclone Arnab …

6. Democrats face a big question on electric vehicles

   Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

   President Donald Trump’s attacks on Biden-era electric vehicle policy is hampering Democrats’ ambitions to bring back buyer incentives. Democrats hoping to regain power in Washington next year are seeking to revive a clean energy agenda rolled over by Republicans and President Donald Trump. But …

7. How Much Electricity Would The US Need If Every Gas Car Was Replaced With An EV?

   Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:45:00 -0000

   Imagine if every car in the U.S. was suddenly replaced by an EV, which some people believe could cause power blackouts in the U.S. While it's true …

8. Trump’s Vile Persecution of Ilhan Omar Is About to Run Into a Wall

   Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:38:25 -0000

   If they retake the House, Democrats will have plenty of ways to act against Trump’s corrupt prosecutions. Pramila Jayapal and Jamie Raskin say …

9. Lula’s Upset Is a Win for the Rule of Law and a Blow to Trump

   Mon, 26 Oct 2026 18:47:26 -0000

   The leftist leader’s surprising victory over the favored far-right candidate should be celebrated—and perhaps emulated—by supporters of democracy …

10. Coffee may have a surprising link to testosterone and muscle mass

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:13:00 -0000

    Men who drank more coffee had higher total testosterone and more muscle, but researchers caution the study doesn’t prove cause and effect. Plus, more science finds you need to see.

11. Taiwan’s tea growers let nature take back control as climate pressures mount

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:09:39 -0000

    MEISHAN TOWNSHIP, Taiwan — Lin Kuang-li’s tea plants blend in among the dozens of others that blanket this tea-producing village in Alishan, a …

12. Humans Accidentally Canceled the Next Ice Age, Scientists Say

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:00:15 -0000

    This finding underscores the incredible, planet-altering power of greenhouse gas emissions. For billions of years, Earth has experienced periodic …

13. Global Warming Has Nearly Doubled in Speed Since 2010, Major Report Finds

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    The future we've feared is already here. In a new report, researchers detail how grim the climate crisis has become in 2026, and how Earth's climate …

14. Scientists Discovered an Amazing Practical Use For The World's Leftover Coffee Grounds

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 20:00:00 -0000

    Charred coffee grounds could make concrete up to 30 percent stronger, scientists in Australia have found. Their clever recipe could solve multiple …

15. 'A potential glimpse into the future': Climate change has triggered 'permafrost landslides' with house-size blocks of ice in Canada

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 15:02:31 -0000

    For the first time, researchers have identified a new type of landslide of permafrost in Canada's Northwest Territories. There's a new type of …

16. This accidental invention could mean batteries that last for centuries

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 14:02:41 -0000

    Student accidentally creates a battery that could last 400 years. See the story, including more innovations and science finds.

17. South Florida is already flooding, and the peak of this king tide is days away

    Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:30:40 -0000

    Some South Florida streets and parks likely will be submerged at some point in the next few days, as another — stronger — round of king tides strike …

18. How AI is transforming hurricane forecasts

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Hurricane forecasters are increasingly using artificial intelligence to make predictions — and they say the technology is rapidly transforming the field. When the first hurricane of the Atlantic season formed this month, an AI model beat out traditional models at predicting where it would go. The …

19. Half The World To Breath Unhealthy Air This Year

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:40:30 -0000

    A new study shows half the people in the world will breathe unhealthy air, based on the CDC definition. The reason is ozone, also known as smog. Cars …

20. How Volcanoes Helped Forge America’s Newest National Park

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Here’s what to know about the new park’s fascinating geologic history—and how this “sky island” shaped the incredible biodiversity of this corner of southeastern Arizona. Tucked in the far southeastern corner of Arizona, surrounded by desert, are the remote Chiricahua (“cheer-a-cow-a”) Mountains, …

21. This Climate Data Scientist Explains What the Numbers Really Mean

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 08:00:22 -0000

    The climate debate is no longer confined to whether the planet is warming. Increasingly, it is about what comes next: which solutions can work, how …

22. Home batteries are ushering in an energy revolution

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 16:00:00 -0000

    Batteries capable of storing solar energy can stabilize the grid during peaks and keep homes running on cloudy days. Home batteries in California are …

23. Days of rain trigger flooding across the Southwest

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:53:57 -0000

    Meteorologists say El Niño, the natural warming of Pacific Ocean waters, is helping fuel unusually heavy rainfall across the region.

24. Coalition says cuts to climate, housing and more would save $31 billion

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 05:55:16 -0000

    The spending cuts proposed by the opposition to date would save $31 billion over four years, according to a partial costings update. Launched at a …

25. SoCal coast expected to be under siege for days from extreme sea levels

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Near-record or record-high sea levels are expected to bring multiple days of flooding along the Southern California coast this week, with the inundation beginning as soon as Monday morning when high tide rolls in. Officials in Newport Beach and Long Beach have been scrambling to prepare as crews …

26. The No Kings Movement Is Already Planning for 2028

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The leaders of the groups massing under the banner of “the resistance” have an audacious agenda for a Democratic Congress—and they tell The New …

27. Drought forces livestock farmers to make tough decisions: our model shows the impact on inequality

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 13:22:23 -0000

    Climate change is amplifying extreme weather conditions across southern Africa. Dry seasons are getting hotter and drier, while rains are becoming …

28. How Silicon Valley Stole the Future

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 09:02:08 -0000

    A.I. will reshape our world. But does that mean the people who make the technology get to control our imagination, too? These days, the leading tech companies are not primarily fighting one another for market share or talent or computing power. The bigger battle is over who can claim to know the …

29. Point-of-no-return alert on El Niño in two reports as 1.5°C warming limit slips away

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 02:03:19 -0000

    The ongoing El Niño is set to become unprecedentedly stronger and there is no chance over at least the next six decades of restricting global warming …

30. How not to detect warming acceleration

    Mon, 26 Oct 2026 04:54:03 -0000

    This is a re-post from The Climate BrinkWhether global warming has accelerated (and how much it has accelerated) is one of the livelier debates in …