The Planet Has a Fever
A recent study shows heat waves are growing longer and more frequent in almost every part of the world. The findings emphasize the need to...
Baghdad soars to 125 blistering degrees, its highest temperature on record
During a virtual fundraiser late last week focused on climate action, former vice president Joe Biden made a direct appeal to voters young enough to...
Siberian heat streak and Arctic temperature record virtually ‘impossible’ without global warming, study says
In a stark new finding, a study shows that six straight months of anomalously mild conditions in large parts of northern Siberia so far this...
Intense Heat Wave Bakes Much of the U.S.
A heat wave that set in over the South and Southwest left much of the U.S. blanketed in record-breaking triple digit temperatures over the weekend....
UN: World could hit 1.5-degree warming threshold by 2024
The world could see annual global temperatures pass a key threshold for the first time in the coming five years, the U.N. weather agency says.
How America’s hottest city will survive climate change
High noon in America’s hottest city. The sun blazed in a cloudless sky, making the air shimmer above the softening asphalt. A thermometer registered more...
How America’s hottest city will survive climate change
High noon in America’s hottest city. The sun blazed in a cloudless sky, making the air shimmer above the softening asphalt. A thermometer registered more...
On a warming planet, heat hurts communities of color more
Martha Ortiz knew it was not safe to be out on this recent afternoon, but the 55-year-old had an urgent errand. Though she carried a...