‘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...
Europe’s Wildfires Have Burned the Most Land in Nearly 20 Years August 19, 2025 By Joe Wertz, Sofia Horta e Costa and Sabrina Nelson Garcinuño Four major heat waves, dry conditions and strong winds have turned Europe into a tinderbox this summer, fueling the most...
Deadly Fires Rage in Greece and Spain as Heat Blasts Cyprus August 14, 2025 By Joe Wertz and Paul Tugwell Firefighters worked overnight to contain deadly blazes in Greece and Spain that have forced the evacuation of thousands of residents...
Jellyfish Shut French Nuclear Reactors as Heat Wave Builds August 11, 2025 By Eamon Akil Farhat and Joe Wertz Electricite de France SA was forced to shut four atomic reactors after a swarm of jellyfish clogged up filter drums...
Fires Ravage Southern French Vineyards Ahead of Harvest Season August 8, 2025 By Nayla Razzouk French wine makers have seen extensive damage to vines that were almost ready to be harvested after the worst fires...
French Firefighters Battle to Control Worst Blaze Since 1949 August 7, 2025 By Joe Wertz and Nayla Razzouk French firefighters spent a third day tackling the country’s worst wildfire in more than seven decades, hoping to bring it...
Deadly Wildfires Ravage Southwest France as Heat Wave Builds August 6, 2025 By Joe Wertz and Nayla Razzouk France’s biggest wildfire in about two decades ravaged vineyards and farms in southern France, leaving one person dead and forcing...
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....