New research shows that marine heat waves can reshape ocean food webs, which in turn can slow the transport of carbon to the deep sea and hamper the ocean's ability to buffer against climate change.

Climate change, including extreme heat and frequent heat waves, is already known to harm ecosystems, agriculture, and human health. New evidence now suggests that increasing temperatures may also slow ...

The researchers in a recent study have found a disturbing link between scorching heatwaves and their damaging impact on childhood development. According to findings published in the Journal of Child ...

One quarter of more than 200 heat waves that occurred worldwide this century may have been impossible without human-induced global warming. Emissions from the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement ...

A new study demonstrates that human-induced climate change increased the likelihood and intensity of over 200 global heat waves between 2000 and 2023. Emissions associated with each of the 180 largest ...

Carbon emissions generated by the world’s 180 largest fossil fuel and cement producers have played a substantial role in driving dangerous and oftentimes deadly extreme heat events around the world, ...

Cows in a field dried out by the heat, near Pierrefitte-sur-Loire, central France, on August 15, 2025. JEFF PACHOUD/AFP Rising temperatures lead to slower economic growth. The latest illustration of ...

In summer 2024, the world watched as Delhi battled through its longest ever heat wave, with temperatures ratcheting up to a scorching 50º C. Even the night offered no respite, with night-time minimum ...