One Dead in Australian Wildfires That May Burn for Weeks to Come January 12, 2026 By Peter Vercoe One person has died in wildfires in the Australian state of Victoria that have burned out an area slightly larger...
Australian State Faces Catastrophic Fire Risk From Heat Wave January 8, 2026 By Ben Westcott Australia is bracing for catastrophic fire risk in parts of Victoria on Friday as the country swelters through its worst...
Millions at Risk of Los Angeles-Style Wildfires in Australia January 6, 2026 By Keira Wright Millions of people living on the expanding outskirts of Australia’s major cities face an increasing risk of urban wildfires similar...
2025 Was One of Three Hottest Years on Record: Researchers December 31, 2025 By Alexa St. John Climate change worsened by human behavior made 2025 one of the three hottest years on record, scientists said. It was...
Europe to Launch Service to Measure Role of Climate Change in Extreme Weather November 21, 2025 By Alison Withers and Kate Abnett The EU is launching a service to measure the role climate change is playing in extreme weather events like heatwaves...
Hot Weather Is Killing More Than Half a Million People a Year October 31, 2025 By Emma Court Soaring temperatures are killing nearly 550,000 people around the world each year, part of a heat death toll that’s climbed...
Life-Threatening Heat Domes Are Confounding Forecasters October 10, 2025 By Brian K. Sullivan Record-breaking temperatures seared the eastern US last month, leading to power emergencies across the region. The cause: an enormous ridge...
Climate Change Led to At Least 16,500 Heat Deaths in Europe This Summer September 18, 2025 By Emma Court Climate change fueled scorching summer temperatures that killed an estimated 16,500 people in European cities this summer, pushing overall heat...
Scientists Link Major Carbon Emitters to Worsening Heat Waves September 11, 2025 By Coco Liu and Eric Roston One quarter of more than 200 heat waves that occurred worldwide this century may have been impossible without human-induced global...
‘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...