Carbon emissions generated by the world’s 180 largest fossil fuel and cement producers have played a substantial role in driving dangerous and oftentimes deadly extreme heat events around the world, ...

A new study finds dozens of heat waves would be "virtually impossible" without the activity of major fossil fuel producers, ...

The National Weather Service Weather Prediction Center wrote on X on September 30: “ October will be coming in hot as high ...

Wildfires raged across Spain in August, as the country suffered through the most intense heat wave in its recorded history. AEMET, Spain's state meteorological agency, said that the country's heat ...

Israeli children cooled off in a water fountain near Jerusalem's Old City on Aug. 13, as temperatures in Jerusalem reached 102 degrees, during a scorching heat wave. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI Aug. 25 ...

As the frequency and intensity of heat waves increase across the U.S., a similar but more striking phenomenon is occurring in ...

Extreme heat can trigger excessive sweating that overwhelms the body’s natural cooling system, potentially leading to heat cramps, heat stroke and even death in severe, untreated cases. An ...

Every summer, heat waves affect millions of people around the world. The World Meteorological Organization reported that at least 10 countries experienced temperatures higher than 50ºC in 2023–2024.

As heat waves become more frequent around the world, researchers at UT-Austin found that the decline of aerosols in the atmosphere could be increasing the frequency of prolonged temperature extremes, ...

Throughout the first half of 2020, average monthly temperatures in Siberia reached 6°C above the norm. The situation climaxed on 20 June, when the temperature in the town of Verkhoyansk climbed to ...

New research from my team shows that riverine heat waves – periods of abnormally high water temperatures in rivers – are becoming more common, more intense and longer-lasting than they were 40 years ...