Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. We revisited a forest experiment that lay forgotten for 30 years. What we found was astounding

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 20:08:45 -0000

    What’s the best way to manage a forest? Australians have argued about this for decades. The debate is often framed as binary: do we protect forests …

  2. Ukrainian Drone Attacks On Refineries Far From Only Threat To Russia’s Oil Industry - Analysis - Eurasia Review

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 01:53:45 -0000

    Key Takeaways: Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian refineries have sparked a country-wide gas shortage and cost Moscow significant export earnings. …

  3. Super El Niño Forecast Map Shows States Most Vulnerable to Weather Pattern

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 21:07:48 -0000

    A developing El Niño climate pattern is forecast to strengthen significantly during the second half of 2026, with some forecasters warning it could …

  4. Germany's heat death toll nears 10,000

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:51:01 -0000

    Germany's heat-related death toll for 2026 has already surpassed every full-year total since 2016 — and is expected to climb as another spell of …

  5. Giant iceberg turns over near Greenland's coast

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:12:11 -0000

    A massive iceberg was seen turning over off the coast of Greenland, near Ilulissat. Video captured by an eyewitness showed the moment the iceberg turned over, creating waves close to the coastal city. Ilulissat is home to the Unesco listed Ilulissat Icefjord and is located on the west coast of the …

  6. Water would be ‘turned off’ in homes in worst-case drought scenario

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:00:00 -0000

    Continued heatwaves and droughts in the UK could lead to water rationing for the public, danger to critical national infrastructure and a risk of …

  7. Scientists Find Evidence of Lost Amazonian Civilization That May Have Been Home to Millions

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:20:52 -0000

    New airborne laser scans surveying the Amazon have found ancient human structures rewriting the history of this allegedly pristine wilderness. The …

  8. What it takes to build the world’s longest railway tunnel – and restore nature once it’s done

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:02:45 -0000

    The world’s largest railway tunnel between Austria and Italy has created a mega-landfill in the Alps. Can developers restore it sustainably? The …

  9. Phoenix Heat Toll Doubles As Maricopa County Logs 40 Deaths

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 22:11:53 -0000

    Maricopa County has recorded 40 heat-related deaths so far this year, more than twice the 17 reported at the same point in 2025. The grim snapshot …

  10. Record-low Danube River affects tourism and industry as drought and heat grip Central Europe

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 05:01:10 -0000

    BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — As wildfires rage in France and Spain and a renewed heat wave is bearing down on Western Europe, a prolonged drought half a continent away is setting record low water levels on one of Europe’s largest rivers, disrupting tourism and industry and confronting residents with …

  11. Republicans Are Trying To Give Big Oil Immunity for Causing Climate Chaos

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 10:00:04 -0000

    The science used to attribute extreme weather events to climate change has advanced remarkably in recent years, allowing policy makers, judges, and …

  12. Researchers find direct correlation between wildfires and heatwaves

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:52:11 -0000

    A study from the journal Science Advances confirms what many of us believed: that more heat waves mean more fires. "Not surprisingly, we find that …

  13. The Great Chinese Oil Mystery

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    America’s greatest rival is single-handedly averting a global energy crisis. No one knows how the country is doing it—or why. When Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz, experts warned that oil prices could hit $150 or $200 a barrel within a few weeks. The great mystery of the Iran war is why that …

  14. Record El Niño to bake Australia after extreme heat and fires across Europe and North America

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:55:08 -0000

    El Niño is strengthening across the Pacific Ocean at an alarming rate and could annihilate all records in the modern era. The rapid warming of our …

  15. In record heat, a warming world has come to rely on China to stay cool

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 04:14:14 -0000

    Hong Kong — With wildfires blazing and temperatures hitting record highs in Europe, one China-made product has never been hotter: air-conditioners. Europeans, who have been slower to adopt AC than those living in other parts of the world, are lining up outside stores and driving long distances in the …

  16. China’s Giant Solar Park Is Turning a Desert Green—Why Scientists Are Stunned

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 06:30:00 -0000

    Who would have guessed that installing thousands of solar panels in the middle of a barren desert would do more than just generate electricity? In …

  17. UK heatwaves: Satellite images show how UK landscape has changed

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:07:08 -0000

    Satellite imagery shows the toll taken on the UK landscape from this year's long hot summer. BBC Verify analysis of satellite data shows where in the UK has been most affected by heatwaves and a lack of rain. We can see parts of the country are suffering from "vegetation stress" where the development …

  18. Historic Super Typhoon Dolphin hits Category 5 strength in the Northwest Pacific

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:19:18 -0000

    Dolphin is the planet’s fifth Category 5 tropical cyclone of 2026, putting 2026 ahead of the pace from the all-time record of 1997, when 12 Cat 5s …

  19. Scientists Uncover Hundreds of Hidden Structures Beneath The Amazon

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:30:03 -0000

    "It completely transformed my understanding": New scans suggest that the Amazon's Aquiry civilization was even larger than archaeologists imagined. Read on below – and follow ScienceAlert for more breaking science news.

  20. The World’s Mineral Production Is Concentrated in Asia-Pacific

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:03:55 -0000

    Use This Visualization Add as preferred on Google Ranked: The World’s Biggest Mineral Producers Minerals are essential to energy systems, construction, …

  21. Wildfires consume large parts of the U.S., with conditions set to worsen

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 16:36:05 -0000

    As fire consumes vast areas of the U.S. Pacific Northwest, wildfire responders are casting a nervous eye on a dangerously flammable landscape, with forecasts showing that some regions are becoming a tinderbox beyond anything measured in recent memory. For weeks, fires in Ontario and British Columbia …

  22. Study suggests the threat of mold-associated illnesses may be underappreciated

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 19:03:51 -0000

    NEW YORK (AP) — A first-of-its-kind U.S. study suggests invasive mold infections may be an underappreciated — and potentially deadly — threat. The researchers detected about 450 cases in Atlanta-area hospitals over five years. About a third of the patients died in the hospital. The findings, …

  23. Orwell Vindicated: Under Totalitarian Trump, Reality Itself Is A Communist Plot

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:55:34 -0000

    The Covid vaccine didn’t work, and vaccines cause autism. But hydroxychloroquine worked, and so did ivermectin. Anthony Fauci killed millions of …

  24. Danube's record low levels force shutdown of Hungary's only nuclear plant

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:55:24 -0000

    Hungary's only nuclear power plant will be forced to shut down entirely for the first time due to record low water levels of the River Danube, Prime Minister Péter Magyar has said. The Soviet-era Paks power plant uses the Danube for cooling but the water level is so low that the suction nozzles …

  25. The Very Best Lavender to Grow in Every Zone, Because We All Need This Wonderful Plant in Our Lives

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 16:50:00 -0000

    Plant the ideal lavender variety for your climate and you'll enjoy intense fragrance, abundant flowers and fabulous foliage for years to …

  26. Here’s where Trump has canceled wind farms – and how states are pushing back

    Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:29:28 -0000

    President Donald Trump’s opposition to offshore wind farms is well-documented. In the early 2010s, he sued the Scottish government when it gave …

  27. Europe Wildfires: France, Spain Count Cost of Climate Change, Extreme Heat

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 04:00:05 -0000

    The emergency services have set up a control center in the village of Navaluenga, two hours west of Madrid. They described a fire that has behaved in …

  28. A rapidly strengthening Super El Niño to reshape Canada's weather this fall and winter

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 14:27:00 -0000

    A rapidly intensifying Super El Niño is developing across the tropical Pacific and could have a major impact on Canada's weather over the coming …

  29. Before giant meat producer JBS expands to Nigeria, people deserve answers (commentary)

    Fri, 31 Jul 2026 00:17:17 -0000

    Nigeria may soon become the site of one of the largest livestock investments in its history. JBS, the world’s largest meat company, is pursuing a …

  30. Europe Gets a Taste of the Wildfire Blame Game

    Thu, 30 Jul 2026 13:26:00 -0000

    Plus: China’s oil-market resilience, Big Oil’s windfall and the latest on the AI power boom The fires burning through parts of France and Spain haven’t yet been extinguished, but the blame game is already heating up. A major factor contributing to the blazes, say many scientists who study forest …