Pipes Feed Preview: Climate Change

1. China Says Iran Crisis Shows Nations Must Speed Up Energy Shift

   Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:01:35 -0000

   Oil and gas shortages triggered by the US war against Iran should be a lesson to countries to accelerate their energy transitions, according to …

2. Threat of 'flesh-eating bacteria' spreads along Europe's beaches with climate change

   Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:00:34 -0000

   Summer starts with millions heading to the sea, but climate‑driven Vibrio, a flesh‑eating bacterium, has already shut beaches in Spain and alarmed …

3. Europe swelters under an early heat wave as France records 40 drowning deaths

   Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:05:29 -0000

   PARIS (AP) — Millions of people across Europe were exposed to extreme and exceptional high temperatures on Tuesday, with 40 fatalities from drowning …

4. NASA satellite captures wave of warm water hundreds of miles long that signals a devastatingly strong El Niño

   Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:53:20 -0000

   This year's El Niño is on track to be among the strongest ever recorded. A massive wave of warm water is making its way across the Pacific Ocean as …

5. Is It Warm Out There?

   Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:53:15 -0000

   The planet is getting hotter. But America’s conversation about it has chilled. Summer has begun—which is to say, wildfires in the West are chasing residents from their homes, the snowpack has dwindled to near-record lows in several states, drought is spreading, and temperatures are regularly …

6. California intends to sue Trump administration over deal to end offshore wind project

   Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:26:56 -0000

   California intends to sue the Trump administration over its deal to end an offshore wind project proposed off the state’s central coast. State officials said they are combating the administration’s attacks on their offshore wind industry by sending a notice of their intention to sue to the …

7. Even the Internet’s Favorite Pool Guy Doesn’t Know How to Fix the Reflecting Pool

   Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:56:22 -0000

   Algae blooms, peeling paint, and a host of fixes from hydrogen peroxide to nanobubblers have made it hard to diagnose what’s wrong with the …

8. France Records Hottest Day Ever as Europe Swelters in Extreme Heat

   Wed, 24 Jun 2026 02:57:00 -0000

   Workers sweated in choking heat and pupils stayed home on Tuesday as an early-summer heatwave smothered much of Europe, with France suffering its …

9. The EPA Relied on an Influential Glyphosate Study Even After Learning Monsanto Was a “Ghost Writer”

   Tue, 23 Jun 2026 18:46:53 -0000

   The US Environmental Protection Agency has known for nearly a decade that an influential 2013 scientific paper that concluded glyphosate is safe was …

10. 10 States Where EV Sales are Projected to Surge

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:43:15 -0000

    Electric vehicle popularity has surged across the world in recent years, with global unit sales more than quadrupling between 2020 and 2025. The …

11. Bird flu has spread to two Australian states. Here’s how it could accelerate our extinction crisis

    Wed, 24 Jun 2026 06:47:15 -0000

    The deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu has now been found in a second state, South Australia, after earlier being identified in Western …

12. Elected Democrats Have Embraced ‘Climate Hushing.’ Are They Making a Mistake as the Midterms Loom?

    Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    An Inside Climate News analysis of congressional press releases shows that Democrats have scaled back mentions of climate change and recently shifted …

13. Listed companies on track for 3.2°C of global warming

    Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:31:19 -0000

    Launched during London Climate Action Week, the report, ‘Insights from a 3.2°C Market – Turning Temperature Scores into Action’, analyses listed …

14. We recreated the legendary heatwave summer of 1976 in today’s climate – here’s what we found

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 11:05:15 -0000

    The summer of 1976 was an extraordinary heatwave for its time. With 15 consecutive days of temperatures over 32°C, it was an unprecedented length for …

15. I Cold-Called President Trump. Here’s What He Told Me About an Oil Tycoon and Major Donor.

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:00:00 -0000

    I was hoping the president would give me some color about his relationship with billionaire Jeffery Hildebrand. I walked away with a clearer picture …

16. When a 3,700m mountain collapsed, it created the deepest lake in the US. Here's what lives there now

    Wed, 24 Jun 2026 00:52:00 -0000

    In the shadow of a long-extinct volcano, Crater Lake’s deep blue waters – and the surrounding forests and meadows – are home to a remarkable cast of …

17. ‘London isn’t just calling—it’s cooking.’ Europe’s largest economies face over $600 billion in heat-driven losses by 2030

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 17:17:19 -0000

    On Tuesday, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres delivered a speech at London’s Climate Week. Climate activists could not have hoped for …

18. France’s latest heatwave: ‘Temperatures will fall, and we won’t talk about it anymore’

    Wed, 24 Jun 2026 04:40:32 -0000

    The heatwave that has engulfed France is underscoring the country’s lack of preparedness for climate change. Researcher and climate scientist François Gemenne laments that this is only considered a crisis during heatwaves, saying that France urgently needs to renovate its buildings – and reconsider …

19. Former NOAA Employees Revive Climate Site Shut by Trump Administration

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:53:59 -0000

    The database of federal global warming research recreates a website that was closed amid the administration’s broad retreat from climate science. A small group of former government workers has recreated a valuable climate-science website that had been shuttered last year under the Trump …

20. Rising Sea Levels Are Already Remaking Reality in This North Carolina Community

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 12:00:04 -0000

    This project was supported by funding from the Center for Contemporary Documentation Lovie Miller doesn’t remember a time when floods weren’t a part of life in Scranton, N.C. A native North Carolinian, Miller left the area after high school. But when she moved back home in 2009, she quickly realized …

21. Deadly heatwave grips Europe as temperatures soar across continent

    Wed, 24 Jun 2026 05:57:19 -0000

    A blistering heatwave has swept across Europe triggering the highest-level red heat warnings in Britain and France. A blistering heatwave has swept across Europe triggering the highest-level red heat warnings in Britain, France, Spain and Italy. Authorities warn of health risks, wildfires and travel …

22. The Colorado River is vanishing — and the fixes are getting weird

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 08:45:00 -0000

    Desalination. Pipelines. Cloud seeding. Those are just a few ideas for how the Trump administration should save the desiccated waterway. The crisis on …

23. The risk of a 'super' El Niño is rising. Here's what it means for North America

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:01:22 -0000

    The El Niño global weather phenomenon is likely to be particularly intense this year, scientists warn. If so North America may face extreme weather, higher food prices and greater health risks. El Niño – the Pacific weather pattern that pushes up global temperatures – has started and forecasters …

24. How climate change is reshaping trails in the White Mountains

    Wed, 24 Jun 2026 09:00:38 -0000

    Steep, rocky, and unforgiving: Among hikers, New Hampshire’s trail network has a reputation. “When the trails … in New Hampshire were laid out, they …

25. How climate change is influencing Europe's record-breaking heat wave

    Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:39:39 -0000

    NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jennifer Francis, senior scientist at the Massachusetts-based Woodwell Climate Research Center, about the impact of Europe's heat wave and its links to climate change.

26. Did Gravitational Tides Cause Earth's Extinctions?

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:24:52 -0000

    Many of Earth's mass extinctions await clear explanations. We know an impact wiped out the dinosaurs, but what about the planet's other extinction …

27. The ‘Parasite of Parasites’ Has Been Discovered in the Tropical Forests of Borneo

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 14:54:52 -0000

    A newly identified species of fungus attacks the famous “zombie mushrooms” that control ants. Scientists from the Universiti Malaysia Sabah have …

28. Idyllic Swiss Resort Says It’s No Longer Economically Viable To Offer Skiing

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 16:35:27 -0000

    “The result is clear: ‘Business as usual’ is no longer possible,” says the Swiss resort. Another one bites the dust. Climate change, specifically …

29. France faces unprecedented heatwave: 'We are about to experience four of the hottest days ever recorded in the country'

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 02:17:16 -0000

    A prolonged heatwave, rather than a brief spike, has arrived. Unusually high temperatures are set to persist across the country until at least the …

30. France records hottest-ever night as 40 drown trying to escape heatwave

    Tue, 23 Jun 2026 19:45:51 -0000

    France struggles with extreme heat and power grid challenges as temperature records also smashed in parts of UK and Spain.