The Climate Shift Index: Humid Heat quantifies the influence of climate change on daily humid heat and related health risks around the globe. It’s grounded in peer-reviewed attribution science and was ...

Click the downloadable graphic: U.S. Dangerous Humid Heat Hotspots Click the downloadable graphic: Humid Heat: A Growing Health Risk: Shel Winkley, Meteorologist Extreme heat —the deadliest ...

People often think of a heatwave as a temporary event, a brutal week of sun that eventually breaks with a cool breeze. But as the climate changes globally, in parts of Africa, that level of heat is ...

Much of the US just sweltered through the July 4 holiday weekend as an intense heat dome bore down, straining power grids and prompting the cancellation of many events. Washington, DC, saw a high of ...

When a devastating heat wave, hurricane, flood or wildfire strikes, people often want to know: How much did human-caused climate change influence this event, if at all? For many years, scientists ...

An unusually early heat wave in Europe, new technology to save whales and more climate news. In today’s edition, we’ll explain what climate science can tell us about Europe’s heat wave. But first, let ...

This means that many species may not be able to evolve fast enough to keep pace with rapid climate change. We then explored the potential consequences of future warming. Using climate projections up ...

Heat-related deaths and disruptions to daily life are forcing politicians to reckon, in different ways, with a rapidly warming planet. By Michael D. Shear and Jeanna Smialek Michael D. Shear reported ...

How do you heat a house using air that’s already freezing? It sounds like a paradox, but it’s the central engineering challenge behind today’s cold-climate heat pumps. Unlike a furnace, which ...