In the decade since the Paris climate agreement was hammered out, countries have made only halting efforts toward meeting the accord’s goal of limiting global warming. But even that modest progress ...

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

Heat waves cause devastating impacts across Europe, including agricultural losses, energy usage spikes, health crises, and increased mortality. Recent deadly events in 2003, 2010, and 2022 underscore ...

More frequent and intense weather phenomena like heat waves, windstorms, or atmospheric rivers often come in pairs and these challenging combinations stress the power grid and lead to outages. A multi ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. The planet would be a whole lot hotter if it weren’t for fecal pellets. Across the ...

When higher-latitude, and thus cooler, regions that haven’t prepared for health-threatening high temperatures endure waves of unusual heat, they become obvious examples of heat stress brought on by a ...

Fifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday. Planet-warming emissions from 180 major ...

Across Southern California, emergency room workers are primed for the wave of patients that pour in as heat waves like the current one drag into their second, third and fourth days. Heat takes an ...

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