The Latest Breaking News on Climate change

Authorities in Western states are warning of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the landscape amid a protracted heat wave baking much of the U.S. California’s top fire official says so far this year the state has responded to more than 3,500 wildfires…

Edgar Ordonez collapsed at the department’s training facility in the Bronx on Wednesday while doing so-called ‘exertion course’

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…