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Explore how heat waves affect the body, what levels of extreme heat we can survive, and what you can do to manage high temperatures....
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Why are countries around the world experiencing excessive heat? | BBC News...
"The heat is coming for everybody," Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University, said as one of the season's earliest-onset heat waves scorches the United States. As officials heed heat wave warni...
Life-threatening heat is returning to the West before spreading to the East Coast later this week. This weekend, record highs were tied and broken from Florida to Colorado. Dalhart, Texas, in the Texas Panhandle, hit a record high of 103 degrees, w...
Fuelled by climate change, the world's oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year, a BBC analysis finds. Nearly 50 days have smashed existing highs for the time of year by the largest margin in the satellite era. ...
It is now "virtually certain" that 2023 - a year of deadly heatwaves, floods and fires - will be the warmest on record, new data suggests. The prediction follows "exceptional" high October temperatures. Global...
The oceans have hit their hottest ever recorded temperature as they soak up warmth from climate change, with dire implications for our planet's health. The average daily global sea surface temperature beat a 2016 record this week, accordi...
People across the world are feeling the heat as scientists say we are living through the hottest month the Earth has ever seen. NBC News' Josh Lederman looks at why the heatwave is happening....
A prolonged heatwave in the US has led to an uptick in severely burned patients who were injured after touching hot surfaces or objects. Medics in Arizona said some patients were hurt after falling onto asphalt which had been heated by th...
Wheat prices have risen sharply on global markets after Russia said it would treat ships heading for Ukrainian ports as potential military targets....
A heatwave is sweeping across parts of southern Europe and north-west Africa, with potential record-breaking temperatures in the coming days. Temperatures are expected to surpass 40C (104F) in parts of Spain, France, Greece, Croatia and T...
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A heat map taken during a heatwave in Prague shows water and green spaces can cool cities (Credit: European Space Agency) A heat map shows land surface temperatures in Paris during a heatwave in June 2022 (Credit: European Space Agency)...
Flight turbulence has increased as climate change has warmed the planet, researchers say. Scientists at Reading University in the UK studied clear-air turbulence, which is harder for pilots to avoid. They found that severe turbul...
Elon Musk has said Twitter will only allow accounts with a blue tick to vote on changes to policy after a majority of users voted for him to quit. Mr Musk launched a Twitter poll asking if he should step down as chief executive - 57.5% of...
A new study has cast doubt on government claims that hydrogen could be used to heat homes and so cut greenhouse gas emissions. The report, published in the journal Joule, analysed more than 30 studies that looked at hydrogen and heating....
The erupting wildfires are creating dangerous conditions for firefighters....