Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Canada’s Forests Will Burn and Burn

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:55:44 -0000

    Once a wildfire starts, it can spread to an area too massive to control. When the boreal forests of Canada catch on fire, no one can do anything about it in many cases. The forests are part of Earth’s largest land biome, a greenbelt of wilderness that encircles the globe, and they’ve been suffering …

  2. Oil companies are making billions. In the U.S., calls to tax their windfall are growing

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 09:01:00 -0000

    Oil prices have surged in recent days amidst renewed fighting between the U.S. and Iran. Higher oil prices have meant U.S. consumers are paying more for gasoline at the pump. And oil and gas companies are profiting. The world's top 100 oil and gas firms made $30 million every hour in excess profits …

  3. India Debuts Hydrogen Train, Signaling Shift to Clean Transport

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:34:10 -0000

    India Friday launched commercial service of its first hydrogen-powered train, marking its entry into a small global club that has deployed …

  4. This Is How Humanity Will End, Scientists Say—And It Isn’t Pretty

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:54:52 -0000

    Stay calm, doomsday preppers. We (probably) won’t be around to see it. Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid 10 to 15 kilometers (6 to 9 miles) wide struck the Earth, ultimately ending the dinosaurs’ reign as the biggest, baddest life-form on the planet. The mass extinction occurred in a time so …

  5. Wildfires Are Burning Through the Night. Firefighters Are Running Out of Time.

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:08:16 -0000

    As overnight temperatures climb across Canada, fires that once spread more slowly after dark are burning around the clock, straining fire crews. Under cover of night is when firefighters perform some of the most essential work of starving a wildfire. They can lay out sprinklers, directly attack …

  6. Interactive map predicts agricultural decline from climate change by end of century

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 04:06:56 -0000

    A CSIC team in Barcelona has developed CADI, a platform that uses a 10-kilometre grid to estimate how much farmland will lose productivity to climate …

  7. After wildfires destroyed 95% of this California tribe’s forests, members uncovered 1,200 ancestral sites

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    CONCOW, Calif. — Until recently, when members of the Konkow Valley Band of Maidu pulled up a map of their ancestral land in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, only about two dozen of their historic sites appeared. Disease, violence and forced labor had separated California tribe members from their …

  8. Who pays the cost when Americans opt out of science?

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 20:08:01 -0000

    I had thought science denial would hit a bottom — that once people began to experience the direct consequences of being wrong, of holding fast to …

  9. “Some believe that Gibraltar Falls was 1,000 times higher than Niagara Falls.” This could be the largest flood on Earth of all time

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:49:00 -0000

    The Zanclean Flood, which is theorised to have occurred 5.33 million years ago, refilled the Mediterranean Sea As hundreds of millions of tourists …

  10. The First Wrongful Death Suit Against Big Oil Is Not Going Their Way

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A judge has ruled that tort claims against the industry can proceed to trial, potentially opening the door for prosecutors to become agents of …

  11. A Rare Atlantic Niña Is Emerging Amid a Super El Niño. Here's What That Means

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 20:10:51 -0000

    This phenomenon has only occurred five times within the last four decades. All eyes are on the Pacific Ocean as an exceptionally strong El Niño takes …

  12. Why your heat pump isn’t saving you money – and what could change that

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:02:19 -0000

    The right mix of energy upgrades saved houses as much as €1,150 annually, according to a new study. Millions of European households are switching to …

  13. How cities are turning their polluted rivers into swimming havens

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Swimmable cities are making a comeback in Europe—just in time for urbanites to escape unprecedented heat waves. For most of Pauline Janbon’s life, the idea of bathing in the Seine River in Paris was unimaginable. “As kids, we were told there were corpses floating in the water,” said Janbon, a …

  14. 5 Things to Keep in Mind When It’s Smoky Outside

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:00:26 -0000

    What are the health risks? How can I protect myself? And will my plants be okay? If you live anywhere near the Great Lakes or Mid-Atlantic (or certain …

  15. Astronomers Have Found a Sugar Molecule in Deep Space for the First Time Ever

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:30:00 -0000

    Researchers identified traces of erythrulose, a monosaccharide, thousands of light-years away. For the first time in history, astronomers have …

  16. Canadian wildfires never caused US skies to turn orange in the past. Here’s what changed

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 14:09:06 -0000

    Cities across Canada, the U.S. Midwest and East Coast are currently under thick blankets of wildfire smoke. In Toronto, skies have been an apocalyptic …

  17. With Climate Ambitions In Question, EU Reforms Carbon Market

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 06:03:00 -0000

    The European Union on Friday unveils reforms of its carbon market, after fierce wrangling between countries, industry and activists over the pace of …

  18. Meteorologists explain how the flash flooding in central Texas got so bad

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 22:49:08 -0000

    Texas Hill Country is one of the most flood-prone regions in the U.S. A confluence of meteorological conditions made possible the days-long system …

  19. Yes, breathing wildfire smoke can harm your health – here’s what you can do to protect yourself

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 21:45:15 -0000

    Wildfire smoke from fires burning in Canada and northern Minnesota has been pouring across the Great Lakes and northeastern U.S. states, turning …

  20. Wait, Could Elon Musk Actually Face Legal Consequences for Interfering in Fair Elections?

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:13:32 -0000

    Nothing would bring me more joy than to see him locked up, but I fear he’ll find a way out of it. This Week in the Laboratories of Democracy (Permanent Musical Accompaniment to This Post) Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what’s goin’ down in the several states where, as we know, the real work …

  21. How a potential hurricane 1,200 miles away could affect the California coast

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 23:13:35 -0000

    More than 1,000 miles south of Los Angeles, Tropical Storm Elida is forecast to strengthen to the first east Pacific hurricane of the season …

  22. The European holiday destinations where 50ºC summers could become the norm

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    The Mediterranean has long represented the perfect British summer escape: guaranteed sunshine, warm seas and long evenings spent outdoors. But as …

  23. It's only gotten worse. Decades of wildfire data shows drastic increase

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 11:43:28 -0000

    A new heat wave will bring another round of scorching temperatures as several fires in the West continue to grow in what’s already been a deadly fire season. The Babylon fire burning in Utah now covers 100,000 acres and the Aspen Acres fire in Colorado is nearing that size. This follows what had …

  24. Who are the people setting France's forests ablaze?

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:30:12 -0000

    Nearly nine out of 10 forest fires in France are started by humans. Some do so deliberately, with the perpetrators often difficult to identify. More …

  25. Volvo Cars Sees Declining Sales In 'Challenging' Environment

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 03:26:00 -0000

    Swedish carmaker Volvo Cars on Friday reported a drop in sales in the second quarter, noting a "very challenging environment," but said it expected …

  26. Wildfire Smoke Turns Skies Orange Across the U.S., and Democrats Make a Big Shift on Israel

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 10:00:15 -0000

    Your morning listen, all in about 10 minutes Here’s what we’re covering: Smoke Floating Far From Canada’s Wildfires Will Darken Skies Again on Thursday, by Judson Jones Clayton Dodges Question on 2020 Election, and Democrats Call Him on It, by Julian E. Barnes Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End …

  27. Mike Connor visited the same park for 40 years. His notebooks filled with birds are invaluable

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 18:30:00 -0000

    In 1985 Uluru was handed back to the Anangu traditional owners; Neighbours premiered; treasurer Paul Keating warned Australia risked becoming a …

  28. India launches first hydrogen-powered train built in the country to expand clean energy on railways

    Fri, 17 Jul 2026 07:34:47 -0000

    NEW DELHI (AP) — India rolled out its first Indigenously built, hydrogen-powered train on Friday, a move aimed at expanding the use of clean energy in its vast rail network. The train made up of two hydrogen-powered driving cars and eight passenger coaches will operate in the northern state of …

  29. What living in one of world’s hottest towns feels like

    Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:39:38 -0000

    Relentless heat at all hours, even through the night, coupled with prolonged electricity outages means basic fans are often useless for residents of …

  30. It’s the ABC’s job to be accurate and fair, not to chase the dangerous fallacy of ‘balance’

    Wed, 15 Jul 2026 19:39:43 -0000

    One of the oldest tropes in journalism is that it should be balanced; that journalists have a responsibility to present all sides of a given issue …