Climate change has been exacerbating heat waves, and the problem isn’t going away anytime soon. An increasingly hot planet — due largely to burning fossil fuels such as coal, oil and natural gas — ...

A man tries to cool off with a sprinkler that helps people cool off in New York City on July 15, 2024. Selcuk Acar/Anadolu—Getty Images Reporter Everyone feels uncomfortable during heat waves, when ...

As summer temperatures rise and emergency department visits related to extreme heat top 100,000 Americans a year, what should people know about the dangers of heatstroke? What are the symptoms, and ...

It’s been a sweltering hot summer, marked by record-setting temperature highs and undeniably long heat waves across the U.S. As tens of millions of residents across the West remain under excessive ...