A “dangerous” late-season heat wave is expected to return to Washington — not because temperatures will soar to record-breaking extremes, but because they will run far hotter than what the region is ...

As the frequency and intensity of heat waves increase across the U.S., a similar but more striking phenomenon is occurring in American rivers. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

Climate change increased the probability and intensity of more than 200 heat waves across the globe over the last two decades, according to a newly published study. The study, published Sept. 10 in ...

As climate change helps fuel more severe heat waves, the city is struggling between maintaining its architectural heritage and keeping apartments livable. A view of Paris and its zinc-roofed buildings ...

For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of ...

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 ...

A dangerous heat wave is bringing summer-like temperatures to Wisconsin and the Great Lakes region. Temperatures are expected to be 20-25 degrees above normal, reaching into the upper 80s and 90s. A ...

Waves from the Pacific Ocean break along the coast near the 60-ft high Victoria Beach Pirate Tower on a summer day on Sept. 19, 2025 in Laguna Beach, Calif. Waves from the Pacific Ocean break along ...

The June 2023 heat wave in northern European seas was "unprecedented but not unexpected," new research shows. During the heat wave, temperatures in the shallow seas around the UK (including the North ...