Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Lake Powell hits record low, threatening key water and electricity supply for millions

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 21:18:27 -0000

    The water level at Lake Powell, the United States’ second-largest reservoir, has fallen to a record low, heightening concerns about the ongoing crisis in the Colorado River system. The alarming milestone at Lake Powell, reached Saturday, comes about a week after the river’s other major reservoir, …

  2. At Long Last, Americans Are Starting to See the Truth About the GOP

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    A businessman can set this country right. Republicans are better for the economy. Republicans love the military. Lie, lie, and lie. It was heartening …

  3. Atomic Wildfires Are Russia’s Looming Compound Disaster

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:28:49 -0000

    It was a cold day in September 1957 when farmers in the Ural Mountains east of Yekaterinburg, in central Russia, noticed the sky had changed. …

  4. Trump administration pulls support for annual Arctic environmental report

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    The move by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is the latest government rollback of climate science activity. This story was …

  5. El Niño and Saharan Dust Silence Atlantic Hurricane Season

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 06:00:00 -0000

    El Niño coupled with Saharan dust is making this year’s hurricane season a dud. But there’s still potential for dangerous storms. It’s the middle of …

  6. Wildfires spread across Europe as thousands evacuated

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:38:29 -0000

    Wildfires are spreading across Europe, forcing evacuations and causing deaths and major damage. Greece, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Germany and the UK have all battled severe fires, with Croatia also seeing multiple blazes and arrests over suspected arson.

  7. The Republicans Are Going to Kill People—but Not Until After They Vote

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    In the Big Beautiful Bill, the GOP put off Medicaid cuts until after midterms. America is about to find out why. One of Ronald Reagan’s most famous …

  8. Is this the world’s loneliest tree?

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 20:05:45 -0000

    The last known wild individual of Dendroseris neriifolia hangs off the side of a steep cliff on a remote island. To try to prevent its total …

  9. The world’s largest electric plane takes flight

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 17:00:00 -0000

    The 25,000-pound aircraft flew for 27 minutes. The world’s largest, fully battery-powered jet officially completed its maiden flight. The successful test run marks a noteworthy step forward for long-awaited electric aircraft and battery technology broadly, but don’t expect to book a fully …

  10. Hilo Hawaii Has Had Seven Feet Of Rain

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:14:00 -0000

    Hilo has had over seven feet of rain. Part of that is because of a recent hurricane. But that is not the primary reason. The Pacific Ocean to the …

  11. How much hydrogen awaits us underground?

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    The global gold rush for underground stores of hydrogen fuel continues. But researchers are still sorting out how much of the stuff there is. In the …

  12. This stunning NASA map tracks our summer of wildfire smoke

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    Hundreds of fires have burned in Canada and the northwestern U.S. This visualization shows exactly how far the pollution travels. Welcome to the new normal: When the sky in New York City or Detroit turns a sickly shade of orange, your first thought might be to wonder what part of Canada is burning …

  13. Europe’s heat strains global food supply

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 22:15:35 -0000

    Europe’s latest summer heat wave risks worsening already-fragile global food security. Though hunger worldwide has fallen in recent years, …

  14. Hot Days Are Hard on Bees. Here’s How You Can Help Them Cool Off.

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Bees play a crucial role in pollinating plants, but soaring temperatures can put them under stress. Here’s how to make your backyard a cooling bee-friendly oasis. Humans aren’t the only animals feeling the heat this summer. Even bees can face significant strain in sweltering heat, which can have …

  15. UK climate breakdown ‘coming faster and harder’ says economist

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 18:18:47 -0000

    We spoke to the economist Professor Matthew Agarwala, who’s the chair of sustainable finance at the University of Sussex Bennett Institute, and asked …

  16. South Africa’s top court blocks Shell oil exploration off country’s Wild Coast

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 00:00:22 -0000

    In a landmark judgment on Aug. 14, South Africa’s Constitutional Court set aside exploration rights held by oil giant Shell and Impact Africa, a …

  17. ‘A secret had been shared’: The inside story of an emergency climate briefing that made experts cry

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:02:37 -0000

    The People’s Emergency Briefing has been screened nearly 2,000 times around the UK - and Germany is preparing its own. Who else remembers the COVID …

  18. Solar Farms Are Having An Unexpected Effect On The Environment

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 02:17:00 -0000

    Farms are closing at alarming rates. In 2025, the number of farms in the United States shrank by 15,000, and total farmland fell by 2.51 million …

  19. Next

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Climate change is killing coral reefs, but this low-tech approach could lessen its destruction. PALAU, Micronesia — The ride out to sea was, in a word, unpleasant. The coastal waters of Palau, an island nation in the western Pacific, are typically calm and electric blue, like what you might see on a …

  20. The world is on fire: True scale of devastating blazes wreaking havoc across the globe

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 14:12:24 -0000

    It has been a summer defined by a single image: a raging fire tearing through woodland, sending thick plumes of black smoke into a dusty sky. Across …

  21. Cooler destinations are drawing tourists — can nature cope?

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:03:25 -0000

    With heat records continually being broken and southern summers getting hotter, travelers are heading north. Fragile ecosystems are paying the …

  22. Israeli Lie-Bots; the Politics of Climate Change; and Centrists Elected Donald Trump, Twice

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:57:53 -0000

    Why Taming the Power of Capital is Needed for Environmental Resolution In 2017 I wrote an article arguing that neoliberal climate policies were wholly …

  23. New satellite images show Europe’s disappearing rivers due to drought

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 07:46:22 -0000

    Half of Europe’s land is experiencing drought, impacting river levels across the continent. Drought conditions have worsened across Central and Western Europe since the start of the summer with southern England, northern Italy and parts of Central Europe among the hardest-hit areas, according to the …

  24. ‘Inhumane’: UK’s extreme heat pushes NHS staff, patients to limit

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:52:59 -0000

    “Horrific, horrendous, unbearable, unsafe.” That is how medical professionals describe the impact of this year’s heatwaves on Britain’s healthcare …

  25. Why South-South investment will define the next wave of climate capital

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 08:07:41 -0000

    For much of the past two decades, climate investing has followed a familiar pattern: capital, technology and expertise originating in developed …

  26. Letters: Our climate is in crisis. We are going backward on renewables in the US.

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:13 -0000

    “2026 is just the beginning. It will inevitably get worse. It will get worse and worse and worse to the point where, I’m afraid, we’ll be passing the limits of adaptability,” said Johan Rockstrom, a Swedish scientist who is director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in …

  27. Rainfall aids fight against Belgium’s biggest wildfire as blazes rip through Europe

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:52:51 -0000

    Rain over eastern Belgium on Monday morning aided firefighters battling to contain the country’s biggest wildfire on record, which had threatened to reach the German border. Wildfires have ripped through Europe this summer after successive severe heatwaves, fuelled by climate change, have …

  28. Cop17 aims to restore land and hope in fight against desertification

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:52:37 -0000

    Extreme weather across much of Europe and elsewhere is lending added weight to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (Cop17), which begins on Monday in Mongolia. RFI looks at what's at stake worldwide. The 17th session of the Conference of the Parties (Cop17) of the United Nations …

  29. Has fall arrived early? Nova Scotia maple trees shed leaves mid-August

    Sun, 16 Aug 2026 20:11:36 -0000

    HALIFAX – Barry Walker bought his home in Dartmouth, N.S., 39 years ago, and for the first time since moving in, he has raked leaves on his property …

  30. Fast-moving fires can scorch forests. They may never grow back, research finds

    Mon, 17 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Fast-moving wildfires have ripped through millions of acres of North American forests in the last decade. New research shows that those fires change …