‘Urgent Action’ Needed to Protect Workers From Heat Stress in Warming World: UN August 22, 2025 Governments and employers should take urgent action to help protect the health of workers who are increasingly exposed to extreme...
Searing Heat Threatens Grids, Health Over Nearly Half the US July 28, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Nearly half the US will wilt under hot, sticky conditions through the bulk of the week as temperatures and humidity...
Wildfires in Mediterranean Leave a Dozen Dead as Heat Soars July 24, 2025 By Georgios Georgiou, Paul Tugwell, Joe Wertz and Taylan Bilgic Wildfires fueled by soaring temperatures and strong winds across the eastern Mediterranean left a dozen people dead in Turkey and...
European Heat Wave Gives Way to Violent Storms and Flooding July 22, 2025 By Joe Wertz Severe storms are triggering flooding in parts of Europe following weeks of extreme heat, while temperatures on the Italian island...
How Hot Can It Get? Scientists Are Struggling to Find an Answer July 17, 2025 By Eric Roston How hot can a heat wave really get? Before June 2021, scientists thought they knew. That’s when one of the...
Extreme Heat Is Killing European Workers Despite Government Efforts July 11, 2025 By Laura Millan Montse Aguilar was a healthy 51-year-old woman when she started her shift cleaning streets in Barcelona at around 2:30 p.m....
New England Electric Grid Under Precautionary Alert June 25, 2025 By Tim McLaughlin The electric grid for Boston and the surrounding region operated under a precautionary alert on Tuesday as the surplus of...
How Big Batteries Could Prevent Summer Power Blackouts June 18, 2025 By Kyle Stock In any other year, May 14 may well have been an energy disaster in Texas. Temperatures climbed to seasonal levels...
Highways Baking at 158F Signal a Red-Hot Summer From China to the US June 2, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan, Joe Wertz and Mary Hui In northern China, road surfaces have soared to 158F (70C). In California’s Central Valley, temperatures are reaching into the triple...
Sweltering Heat Wave Hits US From Dakotas to Texas May 15, 2025 By Juan A. Lozano Sweltering heat more commonly seen in the throes of summer than in the spring was making an unwelcome visit this...