Extreme heat — especially for several days, as is the case with heat waves — can put stress on the human body ... result in illness and death. The effects of heat waves can be even worse ...

How elevated nighttime temperatures are linked to a 7% higher stroke risk, and tips on how to protect yourself from ...

Eastern North America and Central Europe could see their most extreme heat waves become twice as intense as previously ...

People around the world suffered an average of 41 extra days of dangerous heat this year because of human-caused climate ... "People don't have to die in heat waves. But if we can't communicate ...

Heat kills by pushing the human body beyond its limits ... people living in urban areas may be at greater risk from the effects of a prolonged heat wave than those living in rural areas.

Moji Sadegh, a civil engineering researcher and professor at Boise State University, questioned the researcher's conclusions regarding the varying effects of heat waves on different socioeconomic ...

Their city of Kolkata was in the midst of a blistering heat wave, with temperatures rising ... to protect many of its residents from the worst effects of rising temperatures, unlike many poorer ...

state attorneys general and members of Congress defended the agency’s proposed rule to protect workers from the deadly effects of heat waves. It’s unclear if the first-ever rule would be ...

Newly published research indicates that climate change added an average of 41 days of dangerous heat in 2024, harming human health and ... future of relentless heat waves, drought, wildfires ...

A marine heat ... and human-induced factors, they typically recover quickly when favorable conditions return. However, the magnitude and speed of the die-off during this heat wave was particularly ...