Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. The Fed Is Heading for an F on a $7 Trillion Test

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:00:07 -0000

    The people whom President Donald Trump has picked to protect America’s money keep insisting a heating planet won’t set that money on fire. But it’s already burned trillions of dollars and threatens to burn exponentially more. Many of these losses could become permanent. Former Federal Reserve …

  2. Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 12:01:06 -0000

    A small group of conservative activists has worked for 16 years to stop all government efforts to fight climate change. Their efforts seem poised to pay off. In the summer of 2022, Democrats in Congress were racing to pass the biggest climate law in the country’s history and President Joseph R. …

  3. 'I don’t even have gloves on': Olympic town warms up as climate change puts Winter Games on thin ice

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:20:19 -0000

    This type of February 'warmth' for Cortina is made at least three times more likely due to climate change, according to meteorologists. Olympic fans …

  4. More people say they'll vote One Nation. What are they voting for?

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:03:16 -0000

    Once dismissed as fringe, One Nation is now polling far above the Liberals. Yesterday's Newspoll published in The Australian — described by distraught …

  5. 'Please inform your friends': The quest to make weather warnings universal

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    In November 2025, a massive storm rolled across the lower Mekong River delta, dumping multiple inches of rain onto the wide, flat river plain that covers much of Cambodia. The river rose and rose. The force of the water churned up mud from the river bottom. The muddy water flowed downstream and …

  6. Meet the unbearably cute patients at this one-of-a-kind hospital for bats

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    See inside Tolga Bat Hospital, a place for Australia’s injured and orphaned flying foxes. FAR NORTH QUEENSLAND, Australia — Australia is famously a place with some of the world’s most dangerous and frightening animals. Venomous spiders. Deadly snakes. Jellyfish with fatal stings. But it is also home …

  7. ‘Little death bombs’: Illegal cannabis farms poison California’s forests. Who’s cleaning them up?

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:31:00 -0000

    Law enforcement raided the illegal cannabis operation in Shasta-Trinity National Forest months before, but rotting potatoes still sat on the growers’ …

  8. Miami-Dade residents asked to conserve water as Florida drought deepens

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:20:05 -0000

    A drought has taken hold across Florida, with some areas experiencing extreme conditions. Why it matters: Drought and water usage are burdening the …

  9. How much water do data centers use? This one in Delaware City could use roughly 10 to 20 million gallons of water a year

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:00:38 -0000

    A proposed data center in New Castle County would triple the amount of water consumed by Wilmington residents and businesses. This story is part of …

  10. Former US officials warn of impending 'widespread collapse of American agriculture': 'Our farmers and ranchers … can't compete with the world'

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 23:45:00 -0000

    Major players in the agricultural industry are sounding an economic alarm in a joint letter, according to The New York Times. What's happening? A …

  11. Record snow drought in Western US raises concern for a spring of water shortages and wildfires

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:02:14 -0000

    A record snow drought with unprecedented heat is hitting most of the American West, depleting future water supplies, making it more vulnerable to wildfires and hurting winter tourism and recreation. Scientists say snow cover and snow depth are both at the lowest levels they’ve seen in decades, while …

  12. Three-year heatwave bleached half the planet's coral reefs: study

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:14:47 -0000

    A study published on Tuesday showed that more than half of the world's coral reefs were bleached between 2014-2017 -- a record-setting episode now …

  13. Infusing asphalt with plastic could help roads last longer and resist cracking under heat

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:33:11 -0000

    Globally, more than 400 million tons of plastic are produced each year, and less than 10% is recycled. Much of the rest ends up burned, buried or …

  14. Commentary: Nature is a powerful ally against fires and floods. So how will we save it?

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:24:59 -0000

    More than a year after the 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, the economic aftershocks of the disaster still permeate the lives of the people who survived …

  15. Lithium-ion EVs just got put on notice: The world’s first sodium-battery car solves the industry's biggest winter problem

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:29:24 -0000

    Chinese carmaker Changan Automotive is set to offer the world's first, mass-produced passenger EV equipped with a sodium-ion battery. According to …

  16. The average life of a hybrid car's battery, revealed

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:53:15 -0000

    How much life can you expect out of a hybrid battery pack? Plus, more electric auto trends.

  17. Britain's failed net zero experiment is a wake-up call

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:50:19 -0000

    A net zero revolt is underway in the West, driven by the unsustainable economic costs of aggressive net-zero mandates, says Bjorn Lomborg A new …

  18. Britain is becoming sunnier, according to science

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:32:12 -0000

    For Britons across the country, the first few weeks of 2026 have brought serious flooding, travel disruption, flight cancellations and school …

  19. Anxiety About All-Time Record Temperatures in 2027

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 14:09:00 -0000

    A new study says forecasts about rising temperatures are wrong. The problem is worse than feared. Douglas A. McIntyre, Editor-In-Chief of …

  20. In the Arctic, the major climate threat of black carbon is overshadowed by geopolitical tensions

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 07:07:25 -0000

    REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — As rising global temperatures speed up the melting of sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, it’s set off a boom of ships taking routes that previously were frozen and not traversable. The increase in marine Arctic traffic, which received increased attention as U.S. President Donald …

  21. Why bison hunters abandoned a kill site 1,200 years ago

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    The animals didn’t disappear. Water did. Bison are an enduring and iconic symbol of North America’s vast Great Plains. The large mammals have been hunted for thousands of years, and were almost driven into extinction in the late 1800s. Over thousands of years, bison hunters used different sites, but …

  22. Cold Europe, burning south: January shows climate extremes at both ends of the planet

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 03:01:15 -0000

    While much of Europe and the US braced against frigid cold, the Southern Hemisphere faced extreme heat, wildfires and floods. Even as severe cold …

  23. Tipping points and ecosystem collapse are the real geopolitical risk (commentary)

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:25:23 -0000

    The focus of experts in global security tends to orbit familiar threats. War in Europe and the Middle East. Trade disruption and financial …

  24. Researchers make massive breakthrough that could revolutionize solar panels: 'Accelerating'

    Sun, 08 Feb 2026 13:30:00 -0000

    Researchers in Japan have announced a major advancement in solar technology that they say could make solar panels 1,000 times more powerful than …

  25. Earth Talk: The Great Barrier Reef

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:26:03 -0000

    Dear EarthTalk: How is the Great Barrier Reef off Australia faring? -- Mary, via email The Great Barrier Reef, one of the world's most biodiverse …

  26. Trump to Repeal Landmark Climate Finding in Huge Regulatory Rollback

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 02:00:00 -0000

    Move would reverse legal determination that greenhouse gases threaten public health The Trump administration is planning this week to repeal the Obama-era scientific finding that serves as the legal basis for federal greenhouse-gas regulation, according to U.S. officials, in the most far-reaching …

  27. A proposed Clean Water Act change could remove protections from 80% of American wetlands

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    Environmental advocates say the outlined revision ignores science and threatens water quality, while farm groups argue it offers landowners needed …

  28. Researchers in Egypt say that the Great Pyramid could be thousands of years older than archaeologists think.

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 04:58:10 -0000

    A Bold New Claim Recent research has resulted in a bold new claim about the age of the Great Pyramid of Giza. Traditional Egyptology dates the pyramid …

  29. India's migratory beekeepers and their hives follow the flowers to make the honey flow

    Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:00:38 -0000

    BINNABARI, India (AP) — The beekeepers rise early. They’ve come a long way to spend the winter months in the electric yellow mustard fields of Assam, and they have to make the trip worth it. At dawn, they eat a simple breakfast and won’t eat again until dusk. They’ll spend all day checking the …

  30. Louisiana bets big on ‘blue ammonia.’ Communities along Cancer Alley brace for the cost.

    Tue, 10 Feb 2026 11:00:26 -0000

    From her home in Donaldsonville, La., less than three miles from the world’s largest ammonia plant, Ashley Gaignard says the air itself carries a …