This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, independent news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. It is republished with permission. Sign up for their newsletter here. Throughout June, six tourists died while visiting Greece during an unusually early summer heat wave. While these cases are still being investigated, authorities say that heat stress […]
This article was originally featured on The Conversation. When summer starts with a stifling heat wave, as many places are seeing in 2024, it can pose risks for just about anyone who spends time outside, whether they’re runners, people who walk or cycle to work, outdoor workers or kids playing sports. Susan Yeargin, an expert on […]
The UN Secretary General warns that the ‘era of global boiling’ is here following a record breaking month.
This article originally appeared in Nexus Media News and Next City and was made possible by a grant from the Open Society Foundations. On very hot days, Victor Sanchez makes sure to leave his home in the afternoon. “The sun just pours in,” he said of his top-floor, west-facing apartment in Harlem, where he has […]
This article was originally featured on KHN. After more than a week of record-breaking temperatures across much of the country, public health experts are cautioning that children are more susceptible to heat illness than adults are—even more so when they’re on the athletic field, living without air conditioning, or waiting in a parked car. Cases of heat-related […]
During this week’s heat dome, the pavement in Las Vegas got up to 122 degrees. NASA satellite images show the effect,
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The National Weather Service has warned the wave is expected to cause forest fires as well as scattered thunderstorms.
In 2021, global sea levels rose to the highest they’ve been in modern history, one of several record signs of climate change.
Thanks to our body’s ability to regulate temperature, feeling cool might not require a giant drop in actual air temperature.
