Heat

Climate change shocks caused record levels of disruption and misery for millions in Europe in 2023 with widespread flooding and severe heatwaves, ...

In a year of contrasting extremes, Europe witnessed scorching heat waves but also catastrophic flooding, withering droughts, violent storms and its largest ...

Extreme heat poses particular health risks to outdoor workers, the elderly, and people with existing conditions like cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.

On Monday (Apr 22), EU's Copernicus climate monitoring service and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) noted that extreme heat poses particular health ...

Europe endured a record number of "extreme heat stress" days in 2023, two leading climate monitors said Monday, underscoring the threat of increasingly deadly ...

Scorching weather has baked Europe in more days of “extreme heat stress” than its scientists have ever seen.

Climate Centre Acting Director Julie Arrighi, who also leads work on heat, said today: “The rising risk of extreme heat is one of the most pressing challenges ...

Today, CDC, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) National Weather Service (NWS), launched a new Heat and Health ...

Carrier Global, the nearly 100-year-old manufacturer whose founder, Willis Carrier, invented air conditioning, is being transformed by the growing market ...

Combination of global warming and El Niño could lead to extreme humid heat stress across the tropics.

The N.C. Office of Recovery Resiliency today announced the launch of a new Heat Action Plan Toolkit that aims to reduce heat-related health impacts to North ...

The tools are part of a broader initiative to prepare the U.S. for extreme heat, following the planet's warmest year on record. Giselle Berastegui and her ...

Thresholds ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Forget about red hot. A new color-coded heat warning system relies on magenta to alert Americans to the most dangerous conditions they may ...

Arizona State University's Knowledge Exchange for Resilience, also known as KER, released its Recommendations Report on Extreme Heat Preparedness earlier ...

Tallgrass, the University of Dayton, and AES Ohio entered into an innovative long-term agreement that fosters the University of Dayton's efforts to achieve ...

According to a new CDC study, heat-related ED visits increased significantly in 2023 compared to the five years prior — findings researchers say are ...

This Earth day, the CDC and NOAA announced a new tool they hope will provide more information for people particularly vulnerable to heat.

Mayor Leirion Gaylor Baird today reported that 176 households have participated in the residential heat pump incentive program launched by the City of ...

U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous ...

Find a book excerpt here. Heat is the most direct and perhaps most deadly effect of climate change. We revisit a conversation with journalist Jeff Goodell ...

The daily updated HeatRisk map uses color coding to show where the health threat from heat is highest and offers tips on how to stay safe.

U.S. health and weather officials are unveiling a new color-coded system to warn Americans about heat danger, and it will set magenta as the most dangerous ...

NOAA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention launched a nationwide experimental heat tool called HeatRisk.

Extreme heat is the No. 1 weather-related cause of death, and above-normal hot summers are likely to continue.

Released on Earth Day, the federal government's new "HeatRisk" tool can help people assess when heat goes from uncomfortable to dangerous.

A collaboration with NOAA's National Weather Service (NWS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), HeatRisk provides information and guidance ...