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July has been the hottest month in humanity’s history
The heat has claimed lives from Arizona to Greece to China.
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![A mother holds a daughter in front of a fan on a street in New York City during a heat wave.]()
![A mother holds a daughter in front of a fan on a street in New York City during a heat wave.]()
Report: 41 million Americans are simmering on urban heat islands
New research says reducing paved surfaces and increasing green space could cool cities down.
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![A young woman carrying a parasol walks past an electric fan blowing cool mist over a sidewalk in Rome as temperatures reach 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit).]()
![A young woman carrying a parasol walks past an electric fan blowing cool mist over a sidewalk in Rome as temperatures reach 44 degrees Celsius (111 degrees Fahrenheit).]()
Heat storms turn Southern Europe into ‘giant pizza oven’
Millions brace for more record-setting heat as temperatures climb further into the triple digits.
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340,000 UPS drivers poised to strike over extreme heat, safe working conditions
The largest single-employer strike in U.S. history could frame worker power as a climate solution.
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![Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during a shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada.]()
![Traffic warden Rai Rogers mans his street corner during a shift under the hot sun in Las Vegas, Nevada.]()
‘An absolute crisis’: Millions in US Southwest stare down weeks of brutal heat
More than a third of the country faces some kind of heat advisory going into the weekend.
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More than 61,000 died from heat in Europe last summer — and experts think that’s an undercount
A new report warns that the continent could see premature heat-related deaths increase to more than 100,000 by midcentury.
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How climate change drives hotter, more frequent heat waves
Everything you need to know about the science linking global warming to extreme heat.
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Extreme heat prompts first-ever Amazon delivery driver strike
Keeping drivers safe could require fundamentally changing the company's business model.
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‘We are in uncharted territory’: Earth logs hottest week on record
The grim milestone arrives as rampant flooding hits the Northeastern U.S., India, and Japan.
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![A man drapes a cloth over his head and a mother holds an umbrella over her child inside a hand pulled rickshaw to escape from extreme heat in India]()
![A man drapes a cloth over his head and a mother holds an umbrella over her child inside a hand pulled rickshaw to escape from extreme heat in India]()
July 3 was Earth’s hottest day on record — until July 4
Get ready for the “warmest month, warmest week ... and probably warmest hour.”
