Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Extreme heat can become lethal quickly. A young man cools off at Washington, D.C.'s Yards Park during a heat wave in 2021. Olivier ...

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

Southeast Australia is enduring a record-breaking heat wave, with temperatures rising above 40ºC in many areas. For vulnerable people, particularly older Australians, this heat is not only ...

Over 170 million people are under heat alerts in the U.S. this week, with temperatures reaching record highs across the country. Tampa, Fla. recently hit a record high of 100 degrees on Sunday, and ...

As the frequency and intensity of heat waves increase across the U.S., a similar but more striking phenomenon is occurring in American rivers. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

Climate change is fueling an increasing number of marine heat waves across the globe. When this intensifying heat is coupled with pollution — especially sewage, nitrogen fertilizer agricultural runoff ...

A new study led by climatologists at the University at Albany has found that extreme heat waves across the Caribbean are ...

A record-setting marine heat wave stripped huge portions of Florida's coral reef of their colors in 2023, triggering the ninth and worst mass bleaching event in the Caribbean. Temperatures soared for ...

Australia has always had heat waves. But this week's heat wave in southeastern Australia is something else. Temperatures in some inland towns in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria were up ...