A deadly wave of heart attacks and strokes is headed for the US, borne by extreme heat waves spawned by climate change—and those deaths are most likely to occur in people who...
Unless you’re running around barefoot, you experience heat waves through air temperature. For the most part, that’s how scientists track them too. “Heat extremes have been always studied based on air temperature,...
The global temperature numbers for September are in, and they are not good. “This month was, in my professional opinion as a climate scientist—absolutely gobsmackingly bananas,” Zeke Hausfather posted Tuesday on X...
This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.The hottest summer on record for many Texas cities has brought millions of dollars in damage to...
Scientists have identified the maximum mix of heat and humidity a human body can survive.Even a healthy young person will die after enduring six hours of 35-degree Celsius (95 Fahrenheit) warmth when...
And hot weather may affect a baby’s development in other ways: A 2021 analysis found a higher incidence of anomalies, such as cardiac defects, spina bifida, or cleft lip, at higher temperatures....
