Hot summers are nothing new for much of the United States, but the combination of heat and humidity has taken on a truly antagonistic role this year, pushing us closer to our melting points in an ...

Scientists believe they have found a way to improve warning systems for vulnerable communities threatened by humid heatwaves, which are on the rise due to climate change and can be damaging and even ...

In the Gulf region, night-time temperatures as well as daytime temperatures are increasing, raising health risks, said Dr ...

The Climate Shift Index (CSI), Climate Central’s daily temperature attribution system, applies the latest peer-reviewed methodology to map the influence of climate change on temperatures across the ...

Climate change drove record levels of global humidity in 2024, posing a rising risk to people’s health, a new report has warned. The latest “State of the Climate” report published by the Bulletin of ...

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