Unprecedented heat waves are triggering wildfires and putting millions around the world under heat advisories this summer. More from News Unprecedented heat waves are triggering wildfires and ...

Rising global temperatures have exacerbated heat waves, the BBC reported, making them hotter, longer, and more frequent. Vulnerable individuals are at a high risk when exposed to heat waves ...

US weather forecasters have issued warnings of a potentially life-threatening heat wave over the weekend in ... The NWS said in a tweet that "rare, dangerous and deadly" temperatures were expected ...

By 2050, over 5 billion people — probably more than half the planet’s population — will be exposed to at least a month of health-threatening extreme heat when outdoors in the sun ...

After a heat wave killed more than 1,300 people in 2010 ... Past and future projected days of highly dangerous heat are based on a Washington Post and CarbonPlan analysis, which modeled wet ...

Reinhard Schiemann, research scientist at the University of Reading and co-author of the study, said, "It was already known that heat waves generally become more intense as average temperature ...

A climate scientist explains the forces behind the summer’s extreme downpours and dangerous heat waves, and why new locations will be at risk in the coming year.

A deadly heat wave gripped large regions of Asia for weeks ... Our research documents two global trends that together portend a dire future. More older adults will be at risk of heat stress ...

After the deadly heat dome of 2021, Multnomah County experts said this map is a critical tool to help inform planning decisions and do better in the future.