The number of fires in the vast north Asian region of Siberia increased fivefold this week, according to the Russian forest fire aerial protection service, as temperatures in the Arctic continued…
The 38 degrees Celsius reading is 18 degrees warmer than the average June high temperature.
A north-eastern Siberian town looks to have set a record for the highest temperature ever documented in…
Unusually high temperatures in region linked to wildfires, oil spill and moth swarms.
A prolonged heatwave in Siberia is “undoubtedly alarming”, climate scientists have said. The freak temperatures…
Heat now causes more deaths than hurricanes, tornadoes or floods in most years, creating a new public health threat. An investigation reveals why the CDC’s prevention efforts have faltered.
As underserved populations face hotter neighborhoods and limited access to air conditioning, the pandemic threatens the malls and libraries where they typically find relief.
Temperatures in some …
After the hottest winter on record, the Russian spring has yielded a Siberian heatwave that’s reigniting fires still simmering from last year.
The region has witnessed unusually warm weather this…
From the shores of the Persian Gulf to the foothills of Mexico’s Sierra Madre Occidental mountains, hot weather is reaching levels humans can’t endure. An analysis of 4 decades of data from thousands…
Warm temperatures, clear weather and little snow all played a role in last summer’s major melt event on the ice sheet.
The Greenland ice sheet saw some of its highest melt rates on record last…
The annual Australia’s Environment report finds last year’s heat and drought caused unprecedented damage.
Record heat and drought across Australia delivered the worst environmental conditions across…
It was recorded during the 2019-2020 Arctic summer.
Researchers at the Australian Antarctic Program reported the first recorded heatwave event at the Casey research station in East Antarctica. The…
LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The number of people worldwide struggling with extreme heat and humidity by the end of the century could be more than four times as many as today if planet-…
BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate predictions based only on what has happened in the past underestimate the likelihood of extreme weather, which could leave people and infrastructure…
A new study warned that 1.2 billion people could suffer from heat stress due to the rising global temperatures caused by climate change.
A study on climate change revealed that over one billion…
The frontline -> Inside Australia's climate emergency: the killer heat
Australia is heating faster than the global average, and extreme heat days are on the rise. Doctors say there’s clear…
The Great Barrier Reef could be heading for a third major coral bleaching outbreak in the space of five years if high ocean temperatures in the region do not drop in the next two weeks, scientists…