Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

  1. Lower pollution, longer range: How a new type of car tyre is reversing a hidden downside of EVs

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:02:48 -0000

    Electric cars are cleaner to drive - but their tyres pose a pollution problem. Better materials could help fix the problem. Electric cars are widely …

  2. This El Niño Will Be Unlike Any in the Past Eight Decades

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:00:00 -0000

    Die-offs and floods have started already, a prelude to supercharged storms and droughts. In the middle of the Pacific Ocean, along the equator, scientists have drawn a box. It’s a big box, two-thirds the size of China, yet hardly anyone lives inside it. This rectangular swath of open ocean is …

  3. Arizona's taps won't run dry, but water bills will go up under federal plan for Colorado River

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:01:00 -0000

    Under the searing desert sun, Max Wilson watched water flow through a canal in north Phoenix. This unassuming strip of blue next to a busy road is the city's lifeline to the Colorado River. Soon, there will be less water in it. Wilson, who is the water resources management advisor for the City of …

  4. Deadly glacier collapse that caused Nepal flood was decades in the making

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    Scientists believe the disaster that sent a wall of ice, rock and mud tearing through Nepal and Tibet, killing hundreds, began when part of a glacier …

  5. Online Army Draws Attention To Elon Musk And The Nepal Flood Disaster

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 15:43:53 -0000

    Tesla CEO Elon Musk's work at the "DOGE" budget-cutting office is in the news again, following the devastating flood in Nepal last week. The post …

  6. Melting Himalayas

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:30:38 -0000

    Scientists are still working out the precise cause of the disaster in Nepal, but one thing seems certain: The risk of such events is increasing. The videos that emerged of the flash flooding in Nepal and Tibet last week are terrifying and unforgettable. The wall of brown water sweeping away …

  7. The Old Farmer’s Almanac winter forecast is out. Here’s what to know about the coming season

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 10:10:09 -0000

    This winter is looking mild for most of the U.S., according to the Old Farmer’s Almanac’s new winter forecast. Temperatures should be around average …

  8. Politicians Loved Data Centers. Now They’re Running Away From Them. (w/ Nathaniel Rich)

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:36:22 -0000

    Tim Miller talks with author and Tulane professor Nathaniel Rich about climate change, the growing backlash to data centers, their security and …

  9. Democrats: Make Peace With Becoming a Little Radical

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 04:00:00 -0000

    If the party wants to win elections and defeat Trumpism for good, they’ll all have to get out of their comfort zone. As I said a few weeks ago, I …

  10. Nepal disaster highlights climate, geopolitical plight

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:26:39 -0000

    Nepal’s catastrophic landslides — which have killed hundreds with thousands more unaccounted for — underlined the plight of developing nations in …

  11. JONATHAN TURLEY: University of Pennsylvania professor calls for litmus test for all Democratic candidates

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:44:25 -0000

    University of Pennsylvania professor Michael Mann is the vice provost for Climate Science, Policy, and Action and has pushed candidates to commit to major environmental reforms. Notably, he seemed to pivot in an interview with Peter Dominick on a podcast last week, calling for all Democratic …

  12. Miami Is Sinking Into The Ocean

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:59:00 -0000

    The Interagency Task Force on Sea Level Change shows that many East Coast cities are sinking into the Atlantic. None has a bigger problem than Miami. …

  13. Will the unusual oil deal between the U.S. and Venezuela work? : Consider This from NPR

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 22:08:03 -0000

    President Trump says a new deal with Venezuela would give the U.S. control of more than 65 billion barrels of oil reserves. NPR's energy and climate correspondent Julia Simon explains the hurdles that remain before the oil can start flowing. This episode was produced by Henry Larson. It was edited by …

  14. Hot weather may be impacting mantis numbers

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026 05:27:04 -0000

    Recent hot weather may be having an impact on European mantis numbers in the island, experts have said. The European mantis can be found across central Europe with Jersey at the northern edge of its range. Scientists have predicted more could be seen in the British Isles in the face of climate …

  15. A hurricane could form near Southern California this week, seriously

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026 02:36:38 -0000

    A tropical storm currently forming off the coast of Baja California could develop into a hurricane by next week, according to meteorologists. KTLA …

  16. The Earth is sizzling, but ‘climate hushing’ is hot right now among Democrats. ‘People are increasingly freaked out about other issues’

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 21:49:16 -0000

    Climate change has been the backdrop to Charles Hughes’ entire life, from kindergarten lessons about disappearing habitats to wildfire smoke …

  17. West Point’s only climate scientist fired after continuing to teach human causes of climate change

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 13:00:00 -0000

    Adam Kalkstein compared the administration’s order to trying to teach the law without mentioning the Constitution. This story was originally published …

  18. "There should be a Pillar 3 in AUKUS: Polar Security"

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:15:00 -0000

    Australia is struggling to back up its claim to 42 percent of Antarctica CANBERRA — Antarctica is no longer a remote zone insulated from geopolitics. In her latest report, Australian Strategic Policy Institute senior fellow Elizabeth Buchanan argues that resource insecurity, strategic competition and …

  19. Coral bleaching occurring too frequently for reefs to recover, scientists say

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026 04:30:00 -0000

    The world’s coral reefs provide food and livelihoods for millions of people.

  20. Nepal flood: At least 933 workers trapped in tunnels, disaster authority says

    Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:28:24 -0000

    Nepal flood: At least 933 workers trapped in tunnels, disaster authority says Nepal flood: At least 933 workers trapped in tunnels, disaster authority …

  21. Sea-level rise, fuel shortages and missile tests top the agenda as Albanese heads to Palau for Pacific talks

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:17:21 -0000

    Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is in Palau’s capital Koror this week for the annual Pacific Islands Forum, and regional security is expected to top …

  22. Giant Sinkhole Opens in Florida Forest

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 18:05:23 -0000

    Somewhere between the whisper of longleaf pines and the steady hum of cicadas, the ground gives way and a circle of vanishes. The scene feels …

  23. Number of missing Australians in Nepal rises, as China links disaster to climate change

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 21:21:33 -0000

    In brief Australians have raised millions for Nepal relief as survivors face desperate conditions. • China says global warming contributed to the glacier …

  24. ‘You’re at war when you get attacked’: Mark Carney shows combative nature in face-off with Trump

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 14:48:13 -0000

    Mark Carney stood before a walnut-veneered lectern, his face drawn tight, as he announced that talks with Canada's biggest trading partner had …

  25. Nepal's foreign minister calls for global climate change crackdown as flooding death toll rises

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:36:00 -0000

    Nepal's foreign minister Shisir Khanal blamed the catastrophic flooding that has killed at least 675 on rising temperatures and called for a global …

  26. Nepal-China flood disaster: What’s the latest toll, how many are missing?

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:24:46 -0000

    More than 3,000 people remain missing days after the devastating floods triggered a collapsed glacier near China-Nepal border. The death toll from devastating floods near the border between Nepal and China has risen to nearly 800, with thousands missing following Wednesday’s disaster. Rescue efforts …

  27. When a mountain falls: How ice and rock triggered Nepal’s catastrophic flood – and why climate change is raising the risks

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:57:04 -0000

    The catastrophic flood that killed hundreds of people in Nepal on Aug. 26, 2026, and left many more missing likely began with falling ice and rock …

  28. Mount Everest Base Camp Is Melting. Human Urine Is a Contributor.

    Sat, 29 Aug 2026 09:02:08 -0000

    More than 6,000 liters are produced daily by thousands of climbers and guides, according to a study. Mount Everest, which straddles the border between Nepal and China, is in transition. Study after study shows that it’s melting. With record numbers of climbers hoping to summit its peak, the mountain …

  29. Map Shows US States Facing ‘Record’ Snow This Winter

    Sun, 30 Aug 2026 11:01:00 -0000

    Just two weeks ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association updated its prediction for the El Niño, which continues to strengthen and now …