The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to Washington, DC, bears the hallmarks of human-caused global warming. Hundreds of ...

A heat wave is a prolonged period of abnormally hot weather, often accompanied by high humidity. But here’s the kicker: it has to last at least two or more days, sometimes longer depending on where ...

OK. One of the times I went running this week in our nation's capital, it was early in the morning but already 82 degrees and 82% humidity. Washington, D.C., has had daytime temperatures over 100 this ...

The rapid analysis by World Weather Attribution calculated that climate change might have tripled the death toll from the event. By Christina Kelso Days after an intense, record-breaking heat wave ...

As the frequency and intensity of heat waves increase across the U.S., a similar but more striking phenomenon is occurring in American rivers. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech news ...

The official start of summer is on the horizon and it's bringing dangerous heat with it. With New Jersey expected to have a hot summer, it's good to know how to prepare for the weather. According to ...

WASHINGTON – A deadly, record-setting heat wave was continuing to blast most of the eastern U.S. on Tuesday, June 24, forecasters said, with temperatures soaring to near 100 degrees for tens of ...

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 ...

The 2021 heat dome in the Pacific Northwest that overwhelmed emergency rooms and left hundreds dead. The 2022 heat wave in India that devastated the wheat harvest. The deadly heat waves in France in ...

Waves from the Pacific Ocean break along the coast near the 60-ft high Victoria Beach Pirate Tower on a summer day on Sept. 19, 2025 in Laguna Beach, Calif. Waves from the Pacific Ocean break along ...

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Think of a famous storm—maybe Hurricane Katrina, gathering force over the warming Atlantic surface and pinwheeling toward the mouth of the Mississippi River to flood the great city of New Orleans. You ...