By the end of this century, parts of Africa could face heatwaves for 250-300 days a year, which will make it difficult for ...

A global review of extreme heat has found that between May 2024 and May 2025, nearly half the world’s people (49% or 4 billion) suffered through an extra 30 days of temperatures that were hotter than ...

Liam Cassidy, The University of Melbourne; Andrew King, The University of Melbourne; Josephine Brown, The University of Melbourne, and Tilo Ziehn, CSIRO But will reaching net zero have any effect on ...

Heat waves — prolonged periods of abnormally hot weather — influence egg prices, energy bills and even public transit. And they’re becoming more common as temperatures increase. In a new study, UIC ...

Temperatures are expected to soar in Portugal and Spain this week, with one of the hottest air masses in more than three decades pushing in from Africa. Daytime highs on Thursday and Friday in ...

What impact can more intense heat waves have on Africa and its infrastructure? This is what a recent study published in Communications Earth & Environment hopes to address as an international team of ...

Climate change is no longer just about melting ice or hotter summers. It is also a financial problem. Droughts, floods, storms and heat waves damage crops, factories and infrastructure. At the same ...

The blast of North African heat enveloping parts of Europe this week will bring powerful thunderstorms and Saharan sand in its wake. Amber storm alerts have been issued for Castile and Leon in Spain, ...