The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming. Hundreds of ...

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — Another major heat wave is set to blaze its way through Bakersfield and Kern County this week, and as temperatures heat up, staying cool should be a top priority for those ...

WASHINGTON – A deadly, record-setting heat wave was continuing to blast most of the eastern U.S. on Tuesday, June 24, forecasters said, with temperatures soaring to near 100 degrees for tens of ...

Sea surface temperatures in 2024 broke records and about a quarter of the world’s oceans are experiencing temperatures that qualify as a marine heat wave. By Delger Erdenesanaa Graphics by Harry ...

Each fraction of a degree of warming will have a bigger impact than the last on lengthening heat waves, with the most extreme heat waves lengthening the most. Tropical regions will see larger changes ...

There used to be places to go to escape the heat on our summer vacations. You could venture to Norway to see its world-famous fjords. A trip to Scotland for a temperate round of golf. Visiting ...

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 ...