As the frequency and intensity of heat waves increase across the U.S., a similar but more striking phenomenon is occurring in American rivers. Analysis of data from nearly 1,500 sites in the ...

The 2021 heat dome in the Pacific Northwest that overwhelmed emergency rooms and left hundreds dead. The 2022 heat wave in India that devastated the wheat harvest. The deadly heat waves in France in ...

The study — published in Nature — comes as climate change activists are increasingly turning to courts to argue that fossil fuel companies are making climate change worse. Scientists have found more ...

Fifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday. Planet-warming emissions from 180 major ...

One quarter of more than 200 heat waves that occurred worldwide this century may have been impossible without human-induced global warming. Emissions from the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement ...

In other words, the scientists found, the pollution from the biggest fossil fuel companies and nations made these severe and oftentimes deadly heat waves worse or even possible. The conclusions may ...

When higher-latitude, and thus cooler, regions that haven’t prepared for health-threatening high temperatures endure waves of unusual heat, they become obvious examples of heat stress brought on by a ...

As extreme heat waves continue to grow more frequent and more intense, entire animal species are at risk of extinction. Heat is resulting in heat exhaustion in animals and food shortages. Watch to see ...