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 ...

However, the report could be under-counting heat waves in Africa and South America, since they often go unreported, said Clair Barnes, a climate scientist at the Grantham Institute at Imperial College ...

Climate change is no longer just about melting ice or hotter summers. It is also a financial problem. Droughts, floods, ...

Honey bees are able to carefully manage the temperature inside their hives, but new research shows that extreme summer heat ...

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-including high temperatures and heat waves-has been shown to pose serious risks to the environment, food systems, and human health, but new research finds that it may also lead to ...

When Floridians talk about extreme weather, hurricanes dominate the conversation. Each season brings updates on storm tracks, ...

(CNN) — For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the ...