A report by the New York City Health Department revealed that there are about 350 heat-related deaths each year

The death toll from this year's hajj has exceeded 1,000, an AFP tally said on Thursday, more than half of them unregistered worshippers who performed the pilgrimage in extreme heat in Saudi Arabia.

The World Weather Attribution (WWA) group of scientists also said that extreme highs witnessed over that region in May and June were four times as likely to occur today as a quarter of a century ago.

A National Weather Service meteorologist said that humidity next week will make it feel as hot as 100 °F outdoors

The medical technique has been adopted as a go-to protocol as the hottest city in the country saw 645 heatl-related deaths last year

Mexico City has experienced some of the fastest rates of subsidence globally, with some areas sinking as much as 20 inches per year in recent decades

Las Vegas could see its earliest 110-degree day on record as triple-digit heat sweeps across the West

300 families are set to leave Gardi Sugdub as rising sea levels make it unsafe to live there

The soon-to-be former inhabitants of the island of Carti Sugtupu are the first people in Panama to be displaced by climate change.

Both Fort Lauderdale and Miami recorded as much as 95 °F, a record for this time of the year

The state is already feeling the effects, and a new report by the Miami Herald shows that they will increase exponentially in the future

The bill also bans offshore wind turbines and boosts natural gas production

Latin America and the Caribbean had their warmest year on record in 2023 as a "double-whammy" of El Nino and climate change caused major weather calamities, the World Meteorological Organization said Wednesday.

World wine production dropped 10 percent last year, the biggest fall in more than six decades, because of "extreme" climate changes, the body that monitors the trade said Thursday.

A complaint against the Texas Department of Criminal Justice says that lack of air conditioning in the premises amounts to cruel punishment

A survey by Gallup highlights that the quality of the environment ranks low among people's concerns

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

While business representatives who lobbied for the measure focused on avoiding an economic impact, several workers warned about persisting dangers

A new Gallup poll showed the demographics' level of concern about pollution in the country. Latinos were less concerned than Blacks but more than Whites

The statement comes after March was reported as the 10th month in a row to set a global heat record

Every month since June 2023 has beaten its own "hottest ever" tag -- and March 2024 was no exception.

In a strange twist, global warming could even help out timekeepers by delaying the need for history's first "negative leap second" by three years, a study published on Wednesday suggested.

The United States duplicates UN standards in fine particulate matter levels, a key indicator to determine how polluted air is

According to a poll, 6 out of 10 Latinos in these battleground states say this issue is key for them

With low-lying communities worldwide on the front lines of the climate crisis fight, Cartagena is conspicuously vulnerable.

According to NOAA, the country had an average temperature over 5 degrees Fahrenheit above for the season

2023 was the hottest year on record and the trend is only pointing upward

The economic risks posed by the cost-of-living crisis, climate change and the conflict in the Middle East will also be on the agenda as finance ministers and central bank chiefs from the Group of 20 leading economies hold their first meeting of the year.

A poll by the Hispanic Access Foundation showed that most Latino voters give a large deal of importance to these issues when deciding their vote

Storms, drought and fire have lashed the planet as climate change, supercharged by the naturally-occurring El Nino phenomenon, stoked record warming in 2023, making it likely the hottest in 100,000 years.