To the Editor, The article about the heat wave in the June 24 edition of the Times News mentioned climate change. What does history reveal about the climate? Snows are less frequent and less deep. The ...

The effects of The Dust Bowl in the early 1930s led to a wave of record-setting heat waves across the eastern half of the country in July of 1936.

30 years after historic heat wave, Chicagoans are still at risk Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially save lives.

UCLA researchers have released an alarming new finding — the duration of heat waves is increasing faster than global warming itself.

Extreme heat requires protecting ourselves, our families, and our neighbors. It also requires policies to address the root cause: rising levels of carbon pollution.

The closest thing we have to a memorial for people who died from the heat is not even in Chicago. It’s the headstone of the mass grave in Homewood.

However, under scenarios of effective climate change mitigation and adaptation, the analysis estimates 4,592 annual heat-related deaths in the 2070s.

UCLA researchers have released an alarming new finding — the duration of heat waves is increasing faster than global warming itself.

The annual number of heat-related deaths in England and Wales is set to rise up to fiftyfold over the next 50 years because of climate change, finds new research by UCL and the London School of ...

As sizzling temperatures sweep across Southern California this week, University of California, Los Angeles researchers have released an alarming new finding — the duration of heat waves is ...

Scientists have linked last week’s European heat wave to human-caused climate change and estimate that climate change was responsible for 1,500 deaths.