Climate Change Will Lead to Higher Deaths in Europe, Study Shows January 29, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard As Europe gets hotter, more people are expected to die from extreme heat, outweighing the reduction in those killed by...
Record-Breaking Temperatures Mask a Subtler Threat: Chronic Heat October 22, 2024 By Eric Roston Phoenix has become a nerve-wracking bellwether for extreme heat. Arizona’s capital recently endured a three-week stretch when every day broke...
Chicago Is About to Sizzle Under Hottest Days of the Summer August 27, 2024 Chicago and the Midwest will swelter under the warmest days of summer as forecasters warn people to limit their outdoor...
Is Heat Causing Branches to Fall Off Trees? Scientists Aren’t Sure August 22, 2024 By Kendra Pierre-Louis In 2003, as Paris sweltered through a heat wave that would go on to kill an estimated 15,000 people across...
Texans’ Bid to Stay Cool in Heat Lifts Power Use to New High August 21, 2024 By Naureen S. Malik Texans set an unofficial record in electricity use Tuesday as soaring temperatures spurred homeowners, schools and businesses to crank up...
Texas Grid Faces Biggest Test of Summer With Extreme Heat August 20, 2024 By Naureen S. Malik Texas is facing its biggest test of the summer this week to keep the power on — and air conditioners...
As US Heat Deaths Rise, Some Landlords Oppose Right to Air Conditioning August 7, 2024 By Gloria Dickie Summers in New York City are difficult for Anthony Gay and his family. A small, portable air conditioner in his...
‘Impossible’ Weather Increasingly Blamed on Climate Change August 2, 2024 By Don Jergler Today may be the day when the impossible becomes possible—based on the number of headlines in recent days saying pretty...
Employers Turn to New Technology to Safeguard Workers From Extreme Heat July 26, 2024 By Dorandy Pineda and Kendria LaFleur McKINNEY, Texas (AP) — At the start of every work day, construction worker Charles Smith puts on the essentials: hard...
World Records Hottest Day While Wildfires Threaten Mediterranean July 23, 2024 By Eamon Akil Farhat and Paul Tugwell The world recorded its hottest ever day, as many parts of the Mediterranean face extreme wildfire risks. Sunday witnessed the...