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The heat wave hitting the northwestern U.S. and Canada has been shattering records, with temperatures 30 degrees Fahrenheit or more above normal.

Seattle and Portland set record temperatures on Saturday as a dome of extremely hot air settled over the US Pacific Northwest. All of Washington and Oregon, and parts of Idaho, Wyoming and…

Countries fringing the Mediterranean need to turn at least 30% of its waters into Protected Maritime Areas (MPAs) by 2030 and rein in overfishing and pollution, urged the World Wide Fund for Nature's…

A heat wave scorched the U.S. West just before the official start of summer, bringing record-breaking temperatures, worsening a dangerous drought and offering yet another example of how the climate…

Summer has yet to officially begin and temperatures are soaring, bringing bad air quality and worsening the mega-drought This week the temperatures hit 106F (41C) in Billings, in southern Montana.…

Much of the American West has been blasted with sweltering heat this week as a high pressure dome combines with the worst drought in modern history to launch temperatures into the triple digits,…

An extreme heat wave that has already shattered temperature records across the U.S. Southwest threatened on Friday to push power systems to the brink of failure as residents cranked up air…

Hot weather bakes in disadvantage. Regenerating natural and living ecosystems will help us all Acentury ago the British critic and crime writer GK Chesterton declared that crime fiction is the…

Scientists from agency and Noaa say Earth’s ‘energy imbalance’ roughly doubled from 2005 to 2019 in ‘alarming’ way The Earth is trapping nearly twice as much heat as it did in 2005, according to new…

Heatwaves are now more intense, more likely and lasting longer. All around the world, people are experiencing more intense heatwaves and scorching temperatures every year. Scientists say there is a…

‘Profound heatwaves’ in region will be more common, warns meteorologist. A “mind-boggling” heat wave in the Arctic has broken temperature records in north-west Russia,  meteorologists have said.…

Met Office warning over impact of global heating prompts calls for action to protect elderly and vulnerable. Britain is failing to protect its vulnerable citizens from the threat of intensifying…

Taps are now shut off two days a week, and worse is to come unless action is taken on climate crisis Taiwan’s Sun Moon Lake is so low that parts of it have dried and turned to grass. Jetties that…

Mayor overseeing a green regeneration in city where temperatures can already surpass 40C. Like every Athens mayor, Kostas Bakoyannis is acutely aware of the illustrious heritage of one of the world’…

  Latest data released by the Copernicus Climate Change Service show that globally 2020 was on par with the warmest year ever recorded, marking the end of the warmest decade on record, while CO2 …

Antarctica's Pine Island Glacier is currently losing more ice than any other glacier in Antarctica, but could it collapse entirely?

Our summers are already about 20% longer than they used to be, and if the climate crisis continues unabated then northern hemisphere summers could cover nearly half of the year by 2100, making them…

Exclusive: Crop losses caused by extreme weather disasters can drive food shortages and price spikes, says study lead author The impact of heatwaves and droughts on crop production in Europe has…

Oliver Wyman’s latest research with CDP Europe analyses data from nearly 1,000 of the largest companies in Europe, worth around 80% of the region's market capitalization. It looks at the progress…

Keeping global temperatures to 1.5C could stem deadly increases in heat and humidity, study says. Meeting the world’s climate goals could prevent millions living in the tropics from facing episodes…