Three new high-profile studies led by Dr. Yi Yao (Vrije Universiteit Brussel and ETH Zurich) show that while irrigation may ...

Targeted tree planting as an extreme heat solution continues in the Las Vegas Valley with another opportunity to snag a tree on the local government’s dime. To celebrate Arbor Day on Monday, Clark ...

When the French explorer Joseph Nicollet (for whom Nicollet Island was named) visited what is now Minneapolis in 1836, he measured the temperature of Coldwater Spring, south of Minnehaha Park, as 46 ...

The volunteers fanned out across New Orleans while the sun beat down and the temperature kept rising. Sensors attached to their cars captured the stifling heat on a July afternoon, transmitting data ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — A heat advisory went into effect at 11 a.m. Tuesday and will remain in effect until 7 p.m., the National Weather Service has advised. The NWS is warning of moderate heat risk ...

On Sunday, as tens of thousands of mourners filled State Farm Arena in Glendale, Arizona, for a memorial service for Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, voter registration tables at the event were ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — West Michigan has been no stranger to hot weather this year, but some have felt hotter than others. More developed areas, like cities, deal with something called the urban heat ...

Streets Department employees spread CoolSeal reflective coating on a paved road near the Hunting Park Recreation Center. (Sophia Schmidt/WHYY) This story is part of the WHYY News Climate Desk, ...

Heavily urbanized areas in Dallas are hotter because buildings and infrastructure absorb heat. Dallas Planning and Development wants to limit how much pavement is used in future developments to combat ...

A heat wave can turn a classroom without proper cooling into an oven. Excessive heat can interfere with the learning process of any child—but in the U.S., the students who are most affected are ...

Extreme urban heat is one of the deadliest and most costly urban risks, threatening jobs, infrastructure, and health, especially in cities of the Global South. By 2050, the number of urban poor ...