Israeli children cooled off in a water fountain near Jerusalem's Old City on Aug. 13, as temperatures in Jerusalem reached 102 degrees, during a scorching heat wave. Photo by Debbie Hill/ UPI Aug. 25 ...

Extreme heat can trigger excessive sweating that overwhelms the body’s natural cooling system, potentially leading to heat cramps, heat stroke and even death in severe, untreated cases. An ...

A wide variety of clean energy resources can strengthen the electric grid and help protect Americans from the increasing health threats and power outages fueled by climate change-driven extreme heat ...

For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of ...

An intense heat wave gripped a large portion of the country during the last full week of June. Records fell as dangerous levels of heat and humidity swept as far north as New England. The United ...

Heat waves have been the story of the summer in Massachusetts, and it's not letting up anytime soon with temperatures expected to hit the mid-90s this week. We expect high temperatures between 90 to ...

A heat dome is trapping over 90 million Americans in extreme temperatures this week with the National Weather Service issuing heat alerts from Nebraska to Florida. Dangerous heat threatens to bake ...

We may not notice it, but marine creatures off the Bay Area coast are already feeling the heat. Ocean temperatures in the ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - It’s the kind of heat that takes you back 45 years to memories of Memphis in the summer of 1980. That July, the city hit 100 degrees or hotter for 15 days in a row. Memphis' hottest ...

With heat waves among Europe's deadliest climate hazards, a team of scientists led by CMCC has developed a prediction system capable of providing helpful information four to seven weeks before summer, ...

“We don’t have to choose between reliability and affordability on one side, and public health protections on the other. Offshore wind delivers all three, and the time to act is now.” A model wind ...