Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. Strange, catastrophic landslides are kicking off across the far north

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 08:45:00 -0000

   When frozen ground known as permafrost degrades, it can fail catastrophically. That could spell serious trouble for the whole planet. Nearly a decade …

2. How a Secret Vote by U.N. Scientists Legitimized Carbon Capture and Skewed Decades of Climate Policy

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   Carbon Captured How the fossil fuel industry influenced climate researchAn investigative series by ProPublica and Drilled In the spring of 2005, the …

3. The polar bear capital of the world has multibillion-dollar megaproject ambition

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:12:45 -0000

   Churchill, Manitoba, has seen its share of boom and bust. Now it wants to be an energy and transport powerhouse

4. Melting glaciers expose hundreds of unexploded World War I bombs

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:59:00 -0000

   Melting glaciers in the Italian mountains are revealing hundreds of unexploded bombs from the First World War. More than 200 of the munitions have …

5. Arizona's lifeline to the Colorado River is drying up. Its designers warned us decades ago

   Thu, 29 Oct 2026 04:01:00 -0000

   The Colorado River is at a pivotal crossroads. People are taking more water out of the river than it can provide, and the policymakers that manage water use cannot agree on how to rein in demand. That has left the river — and the nearly 40 million people who use it — hanging in the balance. Across …

6. Bentley's First EV Completes 621,000 Miles Of Extreme Testing

   Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:14:08 -0000

   Extensive validation puts the Bentley Torcal battery, software, and structure through extreme climates, high-altitude runs, and detailed safety …

7. This plastic will destroy itself in the ocean within weeks

   Thu, 29 Oct 2026 12:00:36 -0000

   Compostable plastics are touted as a greener alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastics that can linger in the environment for centuries. …

8. The Democrats Think They Have a Choice on Impeachment. They Don’t.

   Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

   The party’s establishment has little appetite to impeach the president or members of his Cabinet. Its base is another story altogether. Although the …

9. Trump’s Texas Rally Goes Off Rails—and Reveals a Shrinking MAGA Bubble

   Wed, 28 Oct 2026 05:53:58 -0000

   As Trump’s rallies get weirder and weirder, it’s worth asking: Who exactly is he trying to persuade? The Texas Senate race is on a razor’s edge: James …

10. JD Vance Has Become Trumpier Than Trump. What a Disgusting Human.

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 14:46:39 -0000

    Vivek Ramaswamy is the hands-down winning monster of this election cycle, but the vice president is a close second—and is certainly doing more damage …

11. Ian McEwan speculates on 'What We Can Know' in the 22nd century

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 16:29:20 -0000

    Booker Prize-winning author Ian McEwan sits down with Olivia Salazar-Winspear to discuss the 22nd century society he created in "What We Can Know", as his latest novel is translated into French. While his characters grapple with the aftermath of the great "derangement", in a world where many of the …

12. The Great Shellfish Apocalypse

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 00:02:48 -0000

    In 2021, Stan Rennie had one of his best summers in five decades as a fisherman. ‚ÄúIt was the first time we said we‚Äôd work to the winter if the …

13. How one of Europe’s most polluted cities became a blueprint for nature restoration

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 06:02:42 -0000

    350 football pitches’ worth of degraded urban areas have been restored. One of Europe’s most polluted cities is getting a verdant makeover. Three …

14. Democrats can do something about energy prices — without winning the midterms

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    But to do so, they’ll need to make gas pipelines easier to build. A great deal is at stake in next week’s midterm elections. The partisan makeup of the new Congress will shape future spending bills, congressional investigations, and judicial nominations, among other things. And yet, the most …

15. Scientists Crack Solar Panels' 33% Efficiency Ceiling

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:47:00 -0000

    The vast majority of commercial solar panels in use today rely on single-junction solar cells to absorb and convert sunlight into energy we can use …

16. A mysterious grey blob – the size of France – floating on the ocean's surface led scientists to make several exciting discoveries

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 17:34:38 -0000

    At 1.26 am on 19 July 2012, a satellite image captured a vapour plume in the Pacific Ocean, 1000 km north-east of New Zealand. Stranger still, there …

17. A 1580 Map Shows Why Data Visualization Is Never Neutral

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 09:55:00 -0000

    Nearly 450 years ago, an unnamed Ñudzahui painter mapped his community’s history and land claims for a Spanish king — on his own terms. Listen to this …

18. Heat From Cremations Is Being Used to Warm Homes and Swimming Pools

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    European countries are leading the way harvesting heat that would otherwise be wasted as green death practices become more common. In 2011, Redditch …

19. Nostradamus’ 2027 predictions: Wildfires, economic crisis, and... the apocalypse?

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:45:34 -0000

    What does the “most famous seer” of the 16th century know about the era of artificial intelligence, data centers and climate change? According to …

20. Something Ancient Is Waking up Under Earth’s Surface—and It’s Turning Water Orange and Toxic

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    Soil frozen for millennia is thawing, and its chemical payload is traveling downstream. No place on Earth is insulated from the impacts of climate change, and that includes the remote Alaskan wilderness. Here, pristine streams criss-cross the landscape and support a diverse ecosystem of fish, …

21. Cyclone Arnab hits India’s data-center coast, where Google, Adani and Airtel plan to invest $15 billion in a hyperscale data center

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 22:52:53 -0000

    A cyclone that powered up over unusually warm ocean waters hit part of India’s coastline that’s dense with billions of dollars of investment in data …

22. Cities across the world are sinking because of groundwater depletion. But the process can be reversed

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 02:20:00 -0000

    Replenishing depleted groundwater could slow or even reverse land subsidence in coastal cities – but fault lines can determine where and how quickly …

23. O.C. coast is losing battle against El Niño flooding, and it’s about to get worse

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    Diane Copley-Botica stacked rows of sandbags and tarps around her home in Sunset Beach, hoping it might be enough to keep the rising water at bay. But the seawater from record high tides came anyway, flowing across the neighborhood like a river, flooding homes and businesses along the stretch of …

24. Another Right-Wing Tax Revolt Is Brewing. Will the Dems Blow It Again?

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 10:00:00 -0000

    As in the 1970s, the right is taking aim at property taxes. The Democrats had better have a compelling response this time around. As Americans head to …

25. The Ledger of the Dead

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 13:38:12 -0000

    In Hefsiba, a neighbourhood of Hadera, people hang out their washing and watch it turn black. A city councillor told a Knesset committee a year ago …

26. 'Why would we want to leave?': Fiji islanders work on climate resilience to avoid relocation

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 06:02:33 -0000

    Residents of Fiji's tiny Serua Island have rejected calls to relocate, instead opting to renovate flimsy coastal homes. As the sun sets over Fiji's …

27. I tried plug-in solar and loved it—but there’s a catch

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 12:00:00 -0000

    As new laws roll out across the U.S. enabling plug-in solar panels, I tested one kit to see how it works. Getting solar installed on your roof typically involves weeks of planning and red tape and hiring an installation crew to do the work. I tried a very different option: a plug-in solar panel. …

28. Proposed $1 billion Queensland coalmine given green light for next step

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 09:05:35 -0000

    One of Australia's largest proposed greenfield coal projects has been given the green light to continue planning after a ruling in Queensland's land …

29. China's record-breaking exports of clean tech are making a big dent in emissions, report says

    Thu, 29 Oct 2026 10:01:30 -0000

    BANGKOK (AP) — China is exporting a record amount of clean energy technology and equipment as the energy crisis from the Iran war drives surging demand for renewables, and that will help reduce global emissions, according to a report released Thursday. Once installed or deployed, these 2026 exports …

30. Rusty crust made Mars warm and wet

    Fri, 30 Oct 2026 15:00:00 -0000

    Mars once had a climate that kept it warm enough for water to flow on the surface. But scientists haven’t been able to agree on an atmospheric recipe …