If the power goes out during a heat wave, there's nowhere more dangerous to be than where people spend most of their ...

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 ...

Human-induced climate change made the intense early January heat wave in Australia five times more likely, according to a new analysis by World Weather Attribution.

When temperatures spike, the homes that have already stood for generations are often the first to buckle. You feel it in ...

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.

Weather isn’t climate, and a heat wave isn’t proof of human-induced global warming any more than a snowball disproves it. At the same time, nothing quite focuses the mind on the causes and effects of ...

You've felt it during the last scorching summer day. The air thick, oppressive, brutal. Maybe you blamed climate change or ...

By Dr. Priyom Bose, Ph.D. As heat waves intensify, new evidence from Ontario shows that resident-room air conditioning can ...

When a hurricane or a wildfire strikes, the economic damage is usually very visible - roofs are ripped off or charred homes line roads. Heat waves cause financial damage, too, but it’s more diffuse: ...

ROME (AP) — Major heat waves across southern Europe have pushed temperatures above 40 C (104 F) in countries including Italy, Spain and Greece, as local authorities issued fresh warnings against the ...

There have been concerns that Nairobi and several other counties could be experiencing a heat wave, which can have adverse health effects.