Instead of looking at one or two localized extreme heat events, the new study encompasses 213 heat waves around the world from 2000 to 2023. It finds, not surprisingly, that heatwaves became much more ...

Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said.

Temperatures are scorching, and they probably haven’t peaked yet. By David Gelles Across the Northern Hemisphere, searing temperatures are breaking records, disrupting everyday life and costing lives.

Climate change increased the probability and intensity of more than 200 heat waves across the globe over the last two decades, according to a newly published study. The study, published Sept. 10 in ...

The 2021 heat dome in the Pacific Northwest that overwhelmed emergency rooms and left hundreds dead. The 2022 heat wave in India that devastated the wheat harvest. The deadly heat waves in France in ...

Samuel Starko receives funding from the Forrest Research Foundation, the Australian Research Council and Revive & Restore. During this research project, he also received funding from the Natural ...

Extreme heat is becoming more common, and experts say it can affect your health in short- and long-term ways. A new study suggests that two years of exposure to heat waves could prematurely age a ...

Across the Northern Hemisphere, searing temperatures are breaking records, disrupting everyday life and costing lives. In Asia, unrelentingly high temperatures in Pakistan are making everyday life ...