The Latest Breaking News on Climate change

Twenty thousand years ago the world was locked into a great ice age. Ice sheets two miles thick covered much of North America, Scandinavia and the British Isles.

More than 161 million people are under heat alerts as extreme weather prompts warnings and health fears.

Haris Doukas aimed to make Athens more resilient to record temperatures by planting more trees and opening air-conditioned public spaces

Nearly 34 million people in those cities, or 15% of the population, experiencing temperatures higher than in surrounding areas

Several environmental justice advocates believe redlining is the source of this environmental effect, as the government in the 1930s rated neighborhoods on the basis of their investment worthiness, which included discriminating against minority buyers. This, in turn, led to a lack of resources in several minority neighborhoods, such as fewer…

Used to shrugging off the heat, Las Vegas residents are now eyeing the thermometer

Hospitals are stretched to their limits during unseasonably early heatwave, as medical authorities liken public health risk to a ‘natural disaster’

The return of soaring heat in Houston is deepening the misery for people still without power after Hurricane Beryl crashed into Texas and left residents in search of places to cool off and fuel up as the extended outages strain one of the nation’s largest cities

Experts say the new figures dispel the notion that the country is protected from extreme temperatures and raise fears for local marine life

Excessive heat has already returned to Texas less than two days after Hurricane Beryl knocked out power for millions of people, making the recovery process even harder. Meanwhile remnants of the storm are moving north, leaving flooding rain in their path. At least eight people have been killed by the…

Wimbledon boss blames poor weather for low attendances