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Temperatures in parts of Chile and northern Argentina have soared to 10°C-20°C above average over the last few days. Towns in the Andes mountains have reached 38°C or more, while Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, saw temperatures above 30°C – breaking its previous August record by more than 5°C. Temperatures peaked…

Higher temperatures combine with Iraq’s other problems to create a ‘perfect storm’.

The storm, which is the first to be named by the Met Office this season, will hit the UK from late Friday night and into Saturday.

It is not only air temperatures that are rising. The oceans — home to up to 80 per cent of all life on Earth — are warming dangerously too.

British delegation leaves world scouting event attracting 39,000 people after scores taken ill amid the heat

Average daily surface temperature of 20.96C breaks 2016 record, with experts saying warmest month for oceans to come

The medical dangers of heat are real. But people often ignore public heat alerts, or don't know how vulnerable they are. A new alert system prompts clinicians to talk about heat with patients.

Those following the latest developments in climate science would have been stunned by the jaw-dropping headlines last week proclaiming the “Gulf Stream could collapse as early as 2025, study suggests” — which responded to a recent publication in Nature Communications.

Workers and activists implore Governor Greg Abbott to consider the dire need for protections in the record-breaking heat.

We all have times when we feel anxious about our future; perhaps this is more acute for many people this summer, as we experience unprecedented wildfires and heat waves due to the warming climate. General anxiety intensifies climate or “eco”-anxiety.

Buenos Aires records hottest start to August in 117 years, Chile sees highs towards 40C and Bolivia, Paraguay and Brazil also bake