Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. How Climate Change Is Messing With Your Blood

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 21:39:15 -0000

   Rising carbon dioxide levels in the atmosphere do a lot of damage—heat waves, droughts, wildfires, superstorms. Now it appears there’s another knock-on effect that had never before been measured. According to a new study in the journal Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health, the changing chemistry of …

2. Champagne growers race to preserve quality in record-early harvest

   Thu, 20 Aug 2026 04:05:33 -0000

   HAUTVILLERS, France (AP) — Champagne producers are racing to pick their grapes as the region’s earliest harvest on record gets underway, after extreme heat and drought accelerated ripening, leaving growers a narrow window to preserve the quality of the region’s world-famous sparkling wine. On the …

3. Google and the UK think changing flights paths could cut down on climate change

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:17:03 -0000

   Hundreds of commercial flights will be told to change their paths over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean during the next two winters to show how minor …

4. The clean energy transition needs land. Can it help restore it too?

   Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0000

   What if the infrastructure needed to fight climate change could also help repair the land beneath it? At a UN desertification conference this week in …

5. Giant whales move into Greenland waters as ice disappears

   Thu, 20 Aug 2026 02:05:20 -0000

   Sea ice has been disappearing from East Greenland, allowing giant whales to take advantage and move into previously inaccessible areas. That is the conclusion of a decades-long study that has recorded - and filmed - hundreds of the world's biggest whales including humpbacks, minke and fin whales, …

6. Trump’s Secret Police Spying on Americans? It’s Darker than We Knew.

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:54:38 -0000

   Court papers reveal that the Department of Homeland Security’s covert surveillance of anti-ICE groups is much darker than it first appeared. Welcome …

7. What We Can Learn from Ancient Societies About Disaster-Proofing Our Cities

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

   From ancient Egyptian flood strategies to Mayan agricultural techniques, the ancient world can teach us how to live with environmental extremes. Earthquakes, hurricanes, and wildfires are natural phenomena that can become disastrous, but just how severely they affect us depends on how we prepare for …

8. The grid's extreme heat problem is changing

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 09:15:05 -0000

   Solar energy and batteries are making it easier for utilities to meet surging electricity demand during extreme heat, but prolonged high temperatures …

9. Trump moves to open 44 million forest acres to roads, logging, citing wildfire risk

   Wed, 19 Aug 2026 11:06:28 -0000

   The Trump administration plans to remove longstanding protections on more than 44 million acres of national forest, opening the door to new roads, …

10. This American Wonder: David Muir's Grand Canyon journey and the Colorado River crisis

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 00:57:20 -0000

    David Muir explores the Grand Canyon's breathtaking scale and the growing concern over the Colorado River – a vital lifeline facing an uncertain …

11. The Next Front in Trump’s War on Reproductive Health Care

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The administration’s MAHA mavens are targeting Title X funding in their effort to undermine Planned Parenthood and others. But providers are fighting …

12. How Africa Is Battling Climate Extremes

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 22:05:23 -0000

    The effects of the coming “super” El Niño will reach beyond the continent. Welcome to Foreign Policy’s Africa Brief. The highlights this week: African …

13. Rethinking Humanitarianism | Somalia’s plan to break free from aid dependence

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:36:49 -0000

    For Abdihakim Ainte, a senior Somali government official, the international humanitarian system’s sudden contraction has been both a “cataclysmic” …

14. California passes toughest wildfire rules in the U.S. for home landscaping

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 23:19:12 -0000

    As severe wildfires burn across the Western U.S., California has adopted the toughest rules in the country to help protect communities from burning. Homeowners in wildfire-prone areas will be required to limit plants within five feet of their house, a protective measure that wildfire experts say …

15. Why extreme heat is much more dangerous for the elderly than we realised

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:32:28 -0000

    Human heat tolerance limits are lower than previously thought and old age is a major risk, Stanford researchers say. A much higher number of elderly people than previously expected are at high risk of illness or death from extreme heat as temperatures climb under the effects of climate change, …

16. The Legal War Over Prediction Markets Is Getting Crazier

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    The Commodity Futures Trading Commission has gone to war with the state regulators trying to rein in the industry’s sports gambling interests. Last …

17. ‘A formidable predator’: Italian scientists relying on octopuses to get blue crab populations in check

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 05:12:21 -0000

    The Italian government has previously been urged to declare a state of emergency over the blue crab explosion, fuelled by climate-warmed …

18. Why Egyptian farmers are growing crops under solar panels

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:15:00 -0000

    The additional shade reduces evaporation and stress on the plants, all while generating clean electricity. Ancient Egyptian civilization blossomed in …

19. The soil’s early warning system: microbes can predict desertification before plants start to die

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:05:21 -0000

    Microbial ecology (the study of how tiny microbes interact with each other and their environment) underpins the health of every ecosystem on Earth. …

20. Organized Megastorms Could Reshape Tropics' Rainy Seasons In The Coming Years

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:05:04 -0000

    It's called climate change because it's not just about hotter or drier, colder or wetter climate shifts. It's about the increased and often …

21. U.K. to Test Whether Tweaks to Trans-Atlantic Flight Paths Affect Global Warming

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 00:41:23 -0000

    Hundreds of aircraft traversing the North Atlantic will be asked to adjust their altitude in an effort to reduce heat-trapping contrails. The wispy white contrails that airliners streak across the sky may resemble harmless clouds, but scientists have long warned that they intensify climate …

22. How to better protect Europe from wildfires

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 09:00:15 -0000

    In another summer of European wildfires that have even seen wetlands burning, scientists say the situation is set to worsen in the future. What's …

23. France measures more than 7,300 excess deaths – and counting – during historic heatwaves

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:29:13 -0000

    More than 7,300 excess deaths have been recorded in France over the historically hot summer as Europe grapples with worsening heatwaves, wildfires and droughts, public health authorities said Wednesday. France has suffered a record-breaking 52 days of heatwaves since mid-June, an AFP analysis found. …

24. How Americans stayed cool before air conditioning: From sitting on smelly ice to sleeping on the roof

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:02:00 -0000

    Even Presidents had to get clever in the heat, such as building a screened-in porch on top of the White House just to catch a breeze. To say Summer 2026 has been a scorcher would be an understatement. In Europe, prolonged heat waves and record-setting hot days have crossed the threshold from …

25. Strait of Hormuz chaos has incentivized China to use an alternative trade route: a 3,400 mile frozen Arctic channel dubbed the ‘Ice Silk Road’

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:00:00 -0000

    The ongoing trade disruptions from the Iran war have enabled China to gain a trade edge, but it requires shipping vessels to brave the Arctic. On …

26. How Japan’s Lake Biwa is pioneering the nature-positive economy

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 15:11:55 -0000

    Lakes are essential components of healthy ecosystems, providing habitats for countless species while supplying freshwater and supporting local …

27. Heatwaves and energy crunch: Can Europe withstand a double shock?

    Thu, 20 Aug 2026 08:24:04 -0000

    Heatwaves are squeezing growth and productivity while the Iran war drives up Europe’s energy costs. Wildfires are burning, crops are failing and rivers are running dry. Europe is baking under its fifth heatwave of the year. Economists warn extreme heat is becoming an economic risk – hitting output, …

28. There’s a better way to cool data centres that cuts their huge thirst for water

    Wed, 19 Aug 2026 08:22:58 -0000

    Water is an amazing substance. The human body is made up of more than 50% water. Approximately 70% of the earth’s surface is covered by water. We …

29. Europe’s seas reach record heat as climate change threatens marine life

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 23:34:08 -0000

    Human-caused climate change was the main driver of record-breaking sea temperatures around Europe this summer, scientists said on Wednesday, warning of severe risks to marine ecosystems and coastal communities. The Mediterranean averaged a record 27 degrees Celsius in July, while waters near …

30. The cognitive bias behind bad climate math

    Tue, 18 Aug 2026 13:00:35 -0000

    Before people can reduce their carbon footprint, they need to know what actions will most help them do so. Research has shown that this domain of …