Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Geothermal company makes big discovery using AI

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:00:04 -0000

    A geothermal energy company announced Thursday that it has discovered — with AI's help — the first commercially viable system of its kind in over 30 …

  2. The solar stupidity is blinding

    Fri, 05 Dec 2025 00:27:02 -0000

    An aerial view of the Ivanpah solar project in California’s San Bernardino County. (Photo via U.S. Department of Energy)During my dozen years writing …

  3. Volcanic eruption may have triggered Europe's deadly Black Death plague

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:00:51 -0000

    A volcanic eruption around the year 1345 may have set off a chain reaction that unleashed Europe's deadliest pandemic, the Black Death, scientists say. Clues preserved in tree rings suggest the eruption triggered a climate shock and led to a string of events that brought the disease to medieval …

  4. Bill Gates decries ‘significant reversal in child deaths’ as nearly 5 million kids will die before they turn 5 this year

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 05:01:00 -0000

    “It doesn’t have to be like this.” That’s how Bill Gates, chair of the Gates Foundation, opens the 2025 Goalkeepers Report, “We Can’t Stop at …

  5. Finland’s Indigenous Sami people facing threats to their traditional way of life

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:10:13 -0000

    It's home to Europe’s only recognised Indigenous people, but the way of life for the Sami in Lapland is under threat

  6. Corn’s clean-energy promise is clashing with its climate footprint

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0000

    For decades, corn has reigned over American agriculture. It sprawls across 90 million acres — about the size of Montana — and goes into everything …

  7. Securing The South Pacific – OpEd

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:32:23 -0000

    The South Pacific region serves as a vital defence zone which nations need to protect because it ensures their sovereignty and national survival. …

  8. Iran's Water Woes: A Textbook Case of How Civilizations End

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:47:19 -0000

    The Akkadians. The Maya. The Tang Dynasty of China. The Chaco. The Indus Civilization. These diverse societies, separated by oceans and continents, …

  9. Australia hailed 'model for the world' after $20 million coastline transformation

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 02:22:32 -0000

    The project to restore decimated shellfish reefs has been recognised as a United Nations World Restoration Flagship. In the early 20th century, when …

  10. The housing crisis is forcing Americans to choose between affordability and safety

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:15:14 -0000

    Picture this: You’re looking to buy a place to live, and you have two options. Option A is a beautiful home in California near good schools and job …

  11. Gov. Newsom Presses Trump Administration for $33.9B in LA Fire Relief, Citing Broken Federal Promises

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 18:05:10 -0000

    As survivors of the catastrophic Los Angeles fires still wait for promised federal help, Governor Gavin Newsom is taking firm steps, heading to …

  12. Trump administration rolls back fuel economy standards

    Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:34:45 -0000

    The Trump administration has started the process of dramatically easing fuel economy requirements for new vehicles, part of the administration's broader pivot away from cleaner cars. At the White House on Wednesday, surrounded by the executives from several major car companies, President Trump said …

  13. Black Death's Carnage Traced to a Volcanic Eruption Half a World Away

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:00:33 -0000

    A major volcanic cataclysm may have been ultimately responsible for the spread of the Black Death across Europe in the 1340s. In a lovely example of …

  14. Factory Farms in Iowa Generate 110 Billion Pounds of Manure Per Year. No One Tracks Where It’s Going.

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0000

    Manure management planning could prevent fertilizer pollution. But an antiquated system isn’t doing enough to track manure, a former state employee …

  15. A triple-dip Polar vortex is coming. Will your state feel the chill?

    Wed, 03 Dec 2025 21:02:30 -0000

    Frigid temperatures are expected to impact much of the central and eastern United States in the coming weeks. The first of three polar vortex systems is expected this month, according to AccuWeather. The surges of Arctic air will generate rounds of flurries and squalls in certain locations and may …

  16. Tracking the record breaking cold

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 12:11:15 -0000

    ABC News Chief Meteorologist Ginger Zee is tracking the latest frigid temperatures as an Arctic blast sweeps across much of the country.

  17. A volcanic eruption may have catalyzed the plague's arrival in Europe, study suggests

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:00:00 -0000

    New research suggests a volcanic eruption around 1345 cooled the climate, leading to crop failures. On the ships that carried imported grain to fill the gap came plague-carrying fleas. When the Black Death swept through Europe beginning in 1347, the plague wiped out more than half of the continent’s …

  18. The Moon Is Drifting Away From Earth (1,5 Inches Per Year) and This Is How We'll Experience the Effects

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:40:49 -0000

    This phenomenon is a great example of how the tiniest things can make a huge difference. Even if something is barely noticeable, it can have huge …

  19. We’re losing the race against plastic, but there’s a solution

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 11:05:00 -0000

    Within 15 years, a garbage truck’s worth of plastic could be entering our environment every second. Not every minute. Every second. Plastic is everywhere in modern life and has essential, lifesaving uses, but the proliferation of plastic has also made it one of the great environmental challenges of …

  20. The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Is Detaining People for ICE

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 06:30:00 -0000

    Louisiana’s hunting and wildlife authority is one of more than 1,000 state and local agencies that have partnered with US immigration authorities …

  21. Eurasia’s Great Water Gamble

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:37:29 -0000

    BISHKEK – For decades, the idea of redirecting a small share of Siberia’s vast freshwater resources toward Central Asia has been considered a relic …

  22. The Science Shows Glyphosate must be Banned

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:51:11 -0000

    The Scientific Evidence Justifies Banning GlyphosateThe primary scientific study pesticide regulators worldwide used to justify the approval of …

  23. Storms in the Southern Ocean are producing more rain – and the consequences could be global

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:45:51 -0000

    If you ever find yourself on Macquarie Island – a narrow, wind-lashed ridge halfway between Tasmania and Antarctica – the first thing you’ll notice …

  24. Trump proposal would weaken vehicle mileage rules that limit air pollution

    Wed, 03 Dec 2025 17:21:05 -0000

    WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a proposal to weaken vehicle mileage rules for the auto industry, loosening regulatory pressure on automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and trucks. The plan, if finalized next year, would significantly reduce fuel …

  25. Trump makes another affordability push as Americans sour on the economy

    Wed, 03 Dec 2025 23:36:26 -0000

    The White House on Wednesday moved to scrap Biden-era fuel economy requirements, saying the change would help drive down automobile prices. It’s the latest attempt to convince Americans that their bank accounts are better off under President Donald Trump. Speaking from the Oval Office, Trump bashed …

  26. Filipinos wade through floodwaters due to sinking land, rising sea & corruption

    Wed, 03 Dec 2025 10:43:03 -0000

    LOS BAÑOS, Philippines — Flooded homes and submerged roads are now reshaping life in coastal and island communities in the Philippines, showing how a …

  27. Ottawa’s net-zero advisory co-chair resigns, citing disappointment with climate priorites

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:38:23 -0000

    The co-chair of the federal government’s net-zero advisory body has resigned, saying its work had begun to feel “neglected or performative.” In a post on his LinkedIn account, Simon Donner says he resigned on Tuesday and he is grateful for the opportunity to help shape climate policy in Canada. He …

  28. World’s largest amount of lithium that’s worth $1,500,000,000,000 is currently underneath an Oregon supervolcano

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 09:15:08 -0000

    Lithium is the new gold, mainly because every single electric car in the world needs plenty of it. At least with current technology. But lithium isn’t …

  29. Unknown volcano eruption claimed as cause of Black Death

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 16:28:09 -0000

    Though its route through Central Asia remains elusive, two German researchers believe they have discovered how — and why — the plague made it to …

  30. How AI is uncovering hidden geothermal energy resources

    Thu, 04 Dec 2025 13:00:00 -0000

    Zanskar used AI tools to identify a site that could host a commercial power plant. Sometimes geothermal hot spots are obvious, marked by geysers and …