The world is experiencing more frequent and intense heat waves, floods, hurricanes, and wildfires due to rising greenhouse gas emissions. The energy sector is one of the largest contributors to ...

Healthcare workers in Rio de Janeiro are trying to protect the city’s most vulnerable residents from the potentially deadly ...

Eastern North America and Central Europe could see their most extreme heat waves become twice as intense as previously ...

Understanding Heatwaves Heatwaves are more than just a few hot days strung together. To define them simply, they are ...

With the start of the Nevada Legislature coming up Feb. 3, lawmakers are working on measures to address the toll of climate ...

Scientists are testing Fiordland's black corals against heat waves in the lab to see if they can survive the effects of ...

We now know that rising sea temperatures will affect sonar performance, sometimes greatly affecting submarines’ ability to find ships and other submarines, and ships’ ability to find them. This leaves ...

The effects of extreme heat on the body range from heat exhaustion to heat stroke, even death. Research has also found that deaths from heart disease and stroke likely increase during a heat wave.

The potential effects include stronger hurricanes, more droughts and heat waves, longer wildfire seasons, changes in ...

Scientists say the unfolding El Niño event superimposed on long-term global warming is a primary driver of this huge spike in ...

Last year was the hottest year in history – on average more than 1.55 degrees higher than pre-industrial temperatures. The ...

It remains unclear whether boiling metal surfaces can still show surface tension, says Prof Dr-Ing. Jörg Volpp, Associate ...