Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Trump’s Epic Unpopularity Is Forcing His PAC to Spend in MAGA Country

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 16:47:17 -0000

    Trumpworld is spending tens of millions to defend House districts he carried by sizable margins in 2024. Not a good sign for him. By now, it’s no …

  2. People's houses are collapsing into the ocean. FEMA gives them no other option

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Richard Foreman's home is stranded in the middle of the beach. The stairs were ripped away by waves years ago, so there's no way in or out anymore. The house is 20 feet into the air, on stilts that were designed to protect it from hurricane storm surge. But there haven't been any big storms …

  3. Americans’ data center fears are coming true—a New Jersey location just leaked 5,000 gallons of diesel

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:43:10 -0000

    A New Jersey data center has leaked thousands of gallons of diesel fuel, and it’s the latest example of Americans’ fears about the environmental …

  4. 'Death pool' discovered at the bottom of the sea that kills everything 'immediately'

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:54:03 -0000

    The darkest depths of the Red Sea could shed light on the origins of life itself, thanks to a stunning discovery made by scientists. A team of …

  5. Locals Call It the World’s Largest Cesspool, and Blame It for Surging Cancer

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:00:26 -0000

    Yury Uribe traced an invisible map of death in her neighborhood, pointing to house after house, nearly all of them touched by cancer, she said. On that corner lived Doña Agustina, claimed by cancer in her stomach just like Coco, her neighbor across the street. Farther down was Eva, whose death from …

  6. How AI could trigger the apocalypse, according to some researchers

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 17:47:20 -0000

    Artificial intelligence could kill the entire human species, according to people in the artificial intelligence industry. Specifically, they say, it …

  7. Al Gore Was Right

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 07:15:29 -0000

    Twenty years ago this summer, Al Gore delivered environmentalists a jolt of energy with the release of his climate change documentary, An Inconvenient …

  8. Climate adaptation and resilience need its own investment language: MAS

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:22:00 -0000

    Investors need a clearer way to measure and value resilience as Asia faces rising climate risks, according to Singapore’s financial regulator, with …

  9. Most waste ends up in landfill. This scientist finds unexpected ways to give it a second life

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:33:43 -0000

    Thermal conversion technology is being used to turn rubbish into products including vinegar, biochar and oil. Ten years ago, academic Lynne Loo was a …

  10. Trump’s War In Iran Could Spark a Home Heating Crisis

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 09:59:00 -0000

    As winter approaches, the ongoing conflict will lead to higher energy prices across the board, but especially for households using heating oil. As …

  11. New Polar Vortex to Meet Super El Niño, Shaking Up US Winter Forecasts

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:20:15 -0000

    A very strong El Niño could interact with the polar vortex this winter, potentially influencing temperatures in parts of the U.S. While the polar …

  12. New NOAA Maps Show Which U.S. States Are Facing Heavy Snow This Winter

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 15:13:24 -0000

    Forecasters are watching El Niño and historical patterns as winter approaches, with several states facing different snow risks. In This Story The …

  13. You’re invited to join Jewish events at Climate Week NYC

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 02:15:37 -0000

    There is something wonderful about New York Climate Week. For one week each year, New York becomes a gathering place for people from around the world …

  14. From fields to fry factories, potato crisis hits northern France

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 01:27:33 -0000

    As farmers grapple with the consequences of climate change, the Clarebout factory in Mouscron, Belgium, is set to halt production amid steadily …

  15. Scientists have worked it out when Earth will run out of oxygen – and it's sooner than we thought

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 05:37:31 -0000

    Scientists have determined the most likely cause of the end of life on Earth, and how long we've got For obvious reasons, it's impossible to imagine …

  16. Scientists Just Predicted the Most Spectacular Fall Foliage Season in Years. Here's Where to Be

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:41:00 -0000

    Most people plan a single weekend getaway for fall foliage and hope for the best. This year, that approach might actually cost them the whole …

  17. AI Extinction Fears Are ‘Science Fiction’: Andrew Ng

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:57:32 -0000

    AI pioneer Andrew Ng is pushing back against renewed warnings that increasingly powerful models could pose an existential threat to humanity, calling …

  18. Tons of fishing gear and plastic are washing up on Seychelles beaches. We tracked where it was coming from

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 14:50:19 -0000

    Vast quantities of plastic and fishing gear are washing up along the shores of the Seychelles, destroying fragile ecosystems and causing significant …

  19. The Term Working Class Is Useless

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:11:56 -0000

    Too many political analysts and pollsters are relying on education to define the working class, and it’s leading us to the wrong conclusions. The …

  20. Climate change made deadly Nepal glacier and rock collapse more likely, analysis finds

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:29:51 -0000

    BENGALURU, India (AP) — Human-caused global warming thinned glaciers and thawed mountain permafrost, likely helping to destabilize the Himalayan …

  21. Highly venomous predator washes ashore on SoCal Beach

    Fri, 18 Sep 2026 01:22:42 -0000

    An Orange County beachgoer had a rare encounter with a highly venomous sea snake after experts warned that the potentially deadly predator could come …

  22. If Climate Change Contributed to Nepal’s Floods, Should Polluters Pay?

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:02:31 -0000

    The tiny country contributes less than 0.1 percent of annual global greenhouse gas emissions—but is experiencing the consequences of climate change firsthand. In the days, weeks, months, and years before a two-square-kilometer mass of glacier ice and rock collapsed from the Langtang Lirung mountain …

  23. Scientists made an ultra-black wool. And it turns saltwater into drinking water

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 23:14:52 -0000

    A new ultra-black wool could make it desirable to be a black sheep. The specially dyed wool could be a low-cost, biodegradable material for producing …

  24. Scientists Finally Figured Out How Much Groundwater There Is Under the US and It Is Enough to Fill the Great Lakes 13 Times Over

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 10:30:00 -0000

    Researchers used 1 million data points and a machine learning algorithm to estimate groundwater stores with higher resolution than ever before. It’s …

  25. Researcher studies "thief" birds to explore adaptability in changing environments

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 04:45:12 -0000

    If you eat at outdoor restaurants, you may have noticed opportunistic birds waiting for a chance to steal your chips. Turns out, that behavior might be a key to helping endangered species survive in changing environments.

  26. Jamaica’s churches have become climate activists

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 12:45:01 -0000

    Jamaica has more churches per square kilometre than anywhere else in the world. Two-thirds of the population identify as Christian. About the same …

  27. Killing endangered wildlife is legal if they aren't the target, new Trump rule says

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 20:52:31 -0000

    BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Killing endangered animals while logging a forest or building a dam would not be considered illegal unless the animals were specifically targeted, under a new interpretation of the Endangered Species Act by President Donald Trump’s administration that marks a sea change in …

  28. Record-breaking heat wave slams the South

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 13:53:16 -0000

    It has been the hottest first two weeks of September on record for millions in states including Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and …

  29. EU chief calls for creation of ‘European Security Council’, backs partnership with Canada

    Wed, 16 Sep 2026 05:20:56 -0000

    EU chief Ursula von der Leyen called for the creation of a "European Security Council", with countries including Britain and Ukraine, in her State of the European Union speech to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday. Addressing this year's special guest, Canadian Prime Minister Mark …

  30. UN warns of total 'devastation' in fresh warning to the world over 'supersized' El Niño

    Thu, 17 Sep 2026 19:25:00 -0000

    Considering the number of heatwaves we had during the summer, it's hard to believe that Super El Niño hasn't actually started yet, but it's sure to …