Summer has barely started in the Northern Hemisphere, but already it’s offering an oppressive preview of life on a hotter ...

Global distributions of annual average heat wave metrics and differences for lake heat waves and atmospheric heat waves. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: ...

Heat waves are a growing global threat to human health, well-being and livelihoods. Across 12 major European cities during the summer of 2025, a 10-day period of extreme heat led to 2,300 deaths—1,500 ...

The scorching spring heat dome that baked the West for well over a week has finally moved along, after setting more than 1,500 temperature records across 11 states, according to the research group ...

Every summer, heat waves affect millions of people around the world. The World Meteorological Organization reported that at least 10 countries experienced temperatures higher than 50ºC in 2023–2024.

Something unusual and with far-reaching consequences is lurking in the sea off the California coast, stretching all the way down the Baja Peninsula and more than 500 miles to the southwest. In this ...

Exposure to heat waves over just two years could add up to 12 extra days of age-related health damage. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey Living through extreme heat waves can accelerate your rate of aging, ...

A long-duration heat wave is taking shape over the western half of the U.S. and is forecast to stick around in the days ahead. A high-pressure system in place over the West is keeping precipitation ...