The dangerous heat waves currently plaguing the North American and European continents would be "virtually impossible" without human-caused climate change.

Humid heat is blanketing the eastern U.S. this week, exacerbated by “corn sweat” in the Midwest ...

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30 years after historic heat wave, Chicagoans are still at risk Northwestern University researchers are giving the city 30 recommendations to better prepare for heat waves and potentially save lives.

A punishing heat wave loosened its grip on western Europe Wednesday and rolled eastwards, with Germany expected to record some of its hottest temperatures of the year so far.

Climate change is making heat waves like the one that lingered over much of the U.S. this week more frequent and intense. The Eastern U.S. sweltered under a heat dome in recent days, with some citi… ...

President Donald Trump is doing everything in his power to make heat waves more brutal and costly.

Dangerously hot temperatures were gripping New York City and the Tri-State area again on Wednesday, the final day of the heat wave.

Amid a widespread heat wave, temperatures in these states could feel hotter than those in Death Valley.

Clothes, skin care, and makeup are key to staying fresh in the heat, so we tapped the experts to share their recommendations on what to wear during a heat wave.

Scientists are increasingly concerned about the ways extreme heat and air pollution are linked.

No single heat wave from human history has been assigned the narrative resonance of the Vesuvius eruption, or the mythic power of the storms that imperiled Odysseus.