The Latest Breaking News on Climate change

Countries around the world are setting all-time heat records as summer deepens in the Northern Hemisphere

Governor Greg Abbott faces criticism for his absence, while heat index is expected to reach 105F today in Houston

Restoring electricity across the state could take days or even weeks, a dangerous scenario as temperatures hit triple digits

Twenty thousand years ago the world was locked into a great ice age. Ice sheets two miles thick covered much of North America, Scandinavia and the British Isles.

More than 161 million people are under heat alerts as extreme weather prompts warnings and health fears.

Haris Doukas aimed to make Athens more resilient to record temperatures by planting more trees and opening air-conditioned public spaces

Nearly 34 million people in those cities, or 15% of the population, experiencing temperatures higher than in surrounding areas

Several environmental justice advocates believe redlining is the source of this environmental effect, as the government in the 1930s rated neighborhoods on the basis of their investment worthiness, which included discriminating against minority buyers. This, in turn, led to a lack of resources in several minority neighborhoods, such as fewer…

Used to shrugging off the heat, Las Vegas residents are now eyeing the thermometer

Hospitals are stretched to their limits during unseasonably early heatwave, as medical authorities liken public health risk to a ‘natural disaster’

The return of soaring heat in Houston is deepening the misery for people still without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and left residents in search of places to cool off and fuel up as the extended outages strain one of the nation’s largest cities