Activists say climate change is a disability rights issue. It was more than 90 degrees in Moranda Rasmussen's Portland, Oregon, apartment during a historic heat wave late last month when the 27 ...

With many parts of the country experiencing a record heat wave, more Americans now think climate change is to blame. The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 67 ...

As previous disasters have laid bare the US’ vulnerabilities to other types of extreme weather, this week is revealing strains in infrastructure and highlighting public health risks when faced ...

A potentially life-threatening heat wave enveloped the eastern third of the United States on Monday impacting nearly 160 million people, with temperatures this week expected to reach 102 degrees ...

Climate change has been exacerbating heat waves, and the problem isn't going away anytime soon. An increasingly hot planet — due largely to burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas — ...

In Africa, the most strongly climate-influenced heat wave took place between 14 and 30 December 2024. We found that climate change made this event at least 15 times more likely to happen.

Climate change has increased the presence of both, experts say. As several cities across the United States are battling extreme heat, they're also facing the threat of wildfire smoke. Canada is ...

WASHINGTON – A deadly, record-setting heat wave was continuing to blast most of the eastern U.S. on Tuesday, June 24, forecasters said, with temperatures soaring to near 100 degrees for tens of ...

Heat waves are the deadliest form of extreme weather in the US, according to the National Weather Service, and while the full extent of any deaths or health impacts from this heat may take weeks ...

Heat records tumbled across parts of the US Northeast. In Central Park, known as the lungs of Manhattan, Monday's temperature of 96F (36C) tied a record that has stood since 1888, according to the ...

A clearer link to climate change. Studies have shown heat extremes have clear ties to global warming, as their likelihood and severity also increases significantly as global average temperature rises.