As the planet gets hotter overall, heat waves are getting hotter, longer and more frequent.
Hotter, more frequent and longer-lasting: climate change’s influence on heat waves.
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See How Europe’s Heat Waves Melted the Alps’ Glaciers
The snowfall from last winter disappeared a month sooner than usual, after two early hot spells. Huge volumes of exposed […]
U.S. to Overhaul Radiation Safety Rules to Spur Nuclear Expansion
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission plans to end longstanding guidance that radiation exposure be “as low as reasonably achievable.”
A Wildlife Regulator’s Family Business Had a Permit to Renew. She Stepped In.
Jenifer Chatfield, a top official at the Interior Department, faces scrutiny from ethics experts for actions that could help her […]
Bombs Bursting in Air Means Hours of Smoke and Confused Dogs in D.C.
Organizers want the July 4 fireworks in the nation’s capital to break the world record. But the fun will also […]
Heat Wave Takes Toll on Europe’s Infrastructure, Too
The devastating heat wave has exposed weaknesses in the continent’s infrastructure, much of it built for a cooler climate that […]
See Day-by-Day Forecast as Heat Wave Engulfs U.S. Ahead of the July 4 Weekend
Dangerous heat is expected across much of the country through the July 4 weekend.
What to Know About Wildfires in Colorado and Other Western States
Thousands of acres in Utah and other Western states have burned. Here is what to know about the firefighters who […]
Another Trump Administration Payment to Stop Offshore Wind Farm
It was the fourth such deal struck by the administration to get companies to forfeit their offshore wind leases.