Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. The Tiny Solar Panel That Could Change America

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:00:08 -0000

    It’s not so easy to harvest the sunshine if you live in America. Homeowners can hire someone to install solar on their rooftops, but it can take many years for it to pay for itself. You might be able to buy a share in a nearby solar farm, but only if you’re lucky enough to live in a place where …
  2. Thousands protest as Trump, other world leaders set to meet for G7 summit

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:49:25 -0000

    Activists rally in Geneva to denounce policies of G7 countries ahead of group’s annual meeting this week in France. Thousands of protesters have gathered in Geneva ahead of this week’s Group of Seven (G7) summit, which is set to bring together United States President Donald Trump and other world …
  3. The Strait of Hormuz Has Been Closed for 100 Days. Why Aren’t Oil Prices Higher?

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0000

    President Donald Trump says a secret mission moved 100 million barrels of oil through the blocked Strait of Hormuz. That number is impossible to …
  4. Earth’s Underground Fungus Network Is So Gigantic That If You Stretched It Out, It Would Reach to Other Star Systems

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:30:00 -0000

    We've been underestimating fungi. Scientists have mapped the Earth’s entire underground fungal network, showing that it’s so extensive that if it were …
  5. This Home Cooling System Is Both Eco-Friendly And Cheaper Than An AC Unit

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:15:00 -0000

    The certainty of warm weather setting in across the land is dreaded by many in a true "death and taxes" fashion. Inevitability aside, summer heat is …
  6. Trump’s Latest Death Agenda For Americans: Wildfires And Smoke

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:27:11 -0000

    During one of the worst-ever wildfire seasons, President Ballroom is cutting funding that protects millions from both fire and smoke damage. While …
  7. Houston AirTag Sleuth Busts Troubling ‘All‑Plastics’ Recycling Mirage

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:43:49 -0000

    A Houston climate activist armed with nothing more than Apple AirTags and a healthy dose of skepticism has thrown a wrench into the city’s buzzy …
  8. PM Christopher Luxon in studio with Mike Hosking after National accuses Labour of $18b spending hole

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:26:59 -0000

    Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is doing the media rounds this morning, following last week’s visit to Fieldays - and his party’s Finance Minister …
  9. Millions In California Told To Stay Inside Over ‘Lethal Temperatures’

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:20:52 -0000

    Millions of people across parts of California, Oregon, and Washington are under urgent heat alerts as the National Weather Service (NWS) warns of …
  10. Volcanic eruption ‘cleaned up’ after itself in ‘surprising’ natural phenomenon

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:03:14 -0000

    Volcanic eruptions are messy, what with their ejecting a load of stuff into the atmosphere, but a recent study published in Nature Communications has …
  11. Judge orders Trump administration to restore signs changed at national parks

    Sat, 13 Jun 2026 14:15:31 -0000

    A federal judge in Massachusetts has ordered the Trump administration to restore all signs that were changed or removed at national parks across the country as part of President Donald Trump’s controversial directive last year. In a scathing 63-page ruling on Friday, Judge Angel Kelley wrote, “Under …
  12. Stats show the hottest days in Seattle have been during June

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:45:14 -0000

    A mid-June mini heat wave has many parts of our area soaring into the 90s. For some, it might seem a bit early in the year for such a hot streak, so …
  13. Not Texas, Not Arizona: This Southern State Has The Hottest Weather That Travelers Should Prepare For

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0000

    What state has the highest average temperature in the U.S., a tropical climate zone, and lots of alligators? Needless to say, it's Florida. According …
  14. 68 quadrillion underground miles of fungi

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:00:02 -0000

    With machine learning and a high-resolution imaging robot, scientists measured and mapped the extent of Earth’s carbon circulatory system.
  15. Australia Great Divide in Weather Patterns

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 14:19:45 -0000

    Australia’s Great Divide is a term often used to describe the striking contrast in weather patterns between the eastern and western parts of the …
  16. Fossil fuel use surged in NY after closure of Indian Point nuclear plant

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 10:00:37 -0000

    CORTLANDT — A massive nuclear power plant sitting idle on the eastern bank of the Hudson River could be repowered, helping alleviate New York’s high …
  17. Biden-appointed judge orders Trump to restore slavery, climate change ideology at national parks

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 12:24:20 -0000

    A Biden-appointed federal judge ordered the Trump administration to restore exhibits and other materials at national parks that highlighted slavery, climate change and other leftist ideology after they were removed under a directive targeting displays deemed disparaging to America. U.S. District …
  18. DOJ Halts Criminal Probe of Jim Justice Coal Companies

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 19:23:07 -0000

    Federal prosecutors who were building a criminal Clean Water Act case against coal operations tied to Sen. Jim Justice were abruptly ordered to stand …
  19. Hydrogen-based steelmaking gets 2x boost from nickel oxide catalyst, study finds

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 20:00:01 -0000

    Steel and metal production are among the largest contributors to global greenhouse gas emissions, accounting for approximately 10% of global CO2 …
  20. Antarctica: Early June temperature hits record-high in Antarctic Peninsula.

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:14:37 -0000

    Antarctica - June 13, 2026 Shotlist Antarctica - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 1. Various of ice, ocean Antarctica - 2024 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 2. Ocean covered by ice sheets Antarctica - March 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 3. Various of icebergs, ocean view Antarctica - Feb 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 4. Aerial shots of Adelie penguins Antarctica - Dec 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland) 5. Aerial shots of snow, ice 6. Penguin Storyline Temperature in the Antarctic Peninsula reached a record high of 15.4 degrees Celsius in early June during the current winter, the latest reading by an Argentinian research station showed. The Argentinian Esperanza Base on the peninsula showed the temperature was well above the June average of minus 6.2 degrees Celsius and surpassed the 1998 record of 13.3 degrees. The abnormal warmth is causing ice to melt at abnormal rates in the Antarctic Peninsula. Jose Luis Stella, a climatologist at Argentina's National Meteorological Service, sounded the alarm about the abnormally high June temperatures in a media interview on Thursday. Researchers say the Esperanza Base has been recording above-zero temperatures daily for three consecutive weeks, during which time the surrounding areas of the base has remained free of snow, warning of the adverse impact on the polar ecosystem.
  21. Anti-G7 protest in Geneva

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 18:44:25 -0000

    Swiss authorities deployed thousands of security forces as protesters gathered in Geneva to demonstrate against the G7 summit in France. The …
  22. As Global Warming Threatens Corals Worldwide, Woods Hole Scientists Search for ‘Super Reefs’ That Can Take the Heat

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    If protected, researchers say these coral strongholds may help repopulate more degraded reefs across the Central Pacific.MAJURO, Marshall …
  23. Overcooling of offices reveals gender inequity in thermal comfort

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:57:42 -0000

    Growth in energy use for indoor cooling tripled between 1990 and 2016 to outpace any other end use in buildings. Part of this energy demand is wasted …
  24. How One Woman Is Turning Climate Action into a Joyful Social Movement

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 17:00:00 -0000

    What started as a response to climate anxiety has become a way for people to find community through food. At Dana Cowin's gatherings, guests might …
  25. Scientists Horrified as Huge Heatwave Hits Antarctica

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 13:45:00 -0000

    "This is absolutely crazy." When you’re studying weather patterns across Antarctica, recording breaking heat is pretty much one of the last things you …
  26. On Menominee Lakes, Wild Rice Is Coming Back. It Isn’t Easy.

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    MENOMINEE, Wisc. — On a cool bluebird morning, DJ Micik guides his canoe through the narrow channel connecting Little Rice Lake with Rice Lake, two …
  27. Arctic on foot: Meet the British artist turning a 600km climate journey into theatre

    Sun, 14 Jun 2026 05:01:50 -0000

    Bristol-based artist Tom Bailey has spent six weeks immersing himself in a region changing faster than almost anywhere on Earth. When British theatre …
  28. The Boreal Forest in Northern Canada Is Migrating Northward at a Rate That Has No Parallel in Any Climate Record

    Sat, 13 Jun 2026 10:15:00 -0000

    If you picture the Canadian North, you probably see an endless carpet of dark green spruce and pine stretching to the horizon. It feels timeless, …
  29. ‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees

    Sat, 13 Jun 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    As the U.S. shuts its doors to most refugees, there’s little hope of a new system to help those forced from home by climate impacts. This story was …