Extreme heat is only becoming more common. In the United States, heat waves now occur three times as often as they did in the ...

A severe heatwave gripped Western Europe with temperatures soaring above 40°C, fueled by a 'heat dome'—a high-pressure system ...

Greenhouse gases are warming the planet by trapping heat in the atmosphere—which contributes to the areas of high pressure that make up heat domes. Secondly, Arctic regions are warming faster ...

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Heatwaves also lead to increased calls to ambulance and emergency services, affect the functioning of hospitals, care homes ...

But climate scientists are clear that the heat will have inevitably been boosted by our warming climate. Some people might ...

Large parts of Western Europe were in the grip of a severe heatwave on Monday, with temperatures breaching 40 degrees Celsius ...

The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to ...