This summer’s weather in Portland will likely have government and business leaders looking at more air-conditioning adoption. This action will lead to broader infrastructure implications, as it will ...

This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. On an early August morning in 2021, a family — two parents in their 30s and 40s, ...

Outside a 100-year-old house on the edge of the Peak District in northern England, a heat pump’s fan blades are swiftly spinning. They’re drawing outdoor air over coils of refrigerant, harvesting ...

Although the large majority of climate scientists hold firmly to the belief that the climate is heating up at an unsustainable rate, an undetermined segment of the population is convinced that global ...

The water began warming in the Gulf of Alaska in late 2013. Within a few months, sea surface temperatures had increased by an average of 5 degrees Fahrenheit, and in places by as much as 7°F.

When higher-latitude, and thus cooler, regions that haven’t prepared for health-threatening high temperatures endure waves of unusual heat, they become obvious examples of heat stress brought on by a ...

You usually walk to work along the waterfront. But on a scorching summer day like this, the only way to go is Canopy Street. The serpentine path adds 10 minutes to your commute — more if you catch ...

The year of 2023 was the warmest on record globally and the second warmest in Europe. Here we applied epidemiological models to temperature and mortality records in 823 contiguous regions from 35 ...

Duration and frequency data are based on an analysis of 50 metropolitan areas in the United States. Years included in the 2020s are 2020 and 2021. Data are from the Environmental Protection Agency. An ...

Public health is threatened by climate change and extreme temperature events worldwide. Differences in health predispositions, access to cooling infrastructure and occupation raises an issue of ...