"It's awful." Residents forced to evacuate wildfires amid suffocating heat wave: 'We need to be looking for shade constantly' first appeared on The Cool Down.

It can be challenging to connect climate change to people’s everyday lives. But there’s nothing abstract about heat waves and ...

In other words, air-conditioning is more than a convenience; in certain conditions, it’s a safety measure. That should be an ...

You can find a public pool or a shady spot at a park. But you can also take an underground tour or head into a cathedral.

Heat waves are becoming more frequent around the world. And while rising temperatures caused by greenhouse gas emissions are ...

June 2025 was the hottest on record for Western Europe, with around 2,300 heat-related deaths across the continent.

Around 2,300 people died in 12 European cities due to an extreme heat wave that hit the region from June 23 to July 2, a rapid scientific analysis has found. Researchers also estimated that roughly ...

In this first glimpse of the "Sea Camp" series from NPR's Short Wave podcast, hear how climate change will significantly ...

Wildfires burning in the Scottish Highlands in early July stretched firefighters' resources thin and strained firefighting ...

"If the rate of warming stays the same, the rate of our adaptation has to happen quicker and quicker, especially for the most extreme heat waves, which are changing the fastest," Neelin said in a ...

Europe’s first major heat wave of the summer began in late June, and caused an estimated 2,300 heat-related deaths. A new rapid study has concluded that almost two-thirds of those deaths would not ...

Another searing heat wave is gripping Europe, the third so far this season. On Tuesday, Greek authorities closed the ...