Australia has always had heat waves. But this week's heat wave in southeastern Australia is something else. Temperatures in some inland towns in South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria were up ...

Global distributions of annual average heat wave metrics and differences for lake heat waves and atmospheric heat waves. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: ...

A "heat dome," similar to a heat wave, is a high-pressure system trapping hot air and causing prolonged high temperatures. Heat domes differ from heat waves in their duration and the stagnant nature ...

Florida faces a potentially heightened risk of intense hurricanes in the coming season due to a marine heat wave. A "marine heat wave" is defined as a prolonged period of abnormally high temperatures ...

For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of ...

The 2021 heat dome in the Pacific Northwest that overwhelmed emergency rooms and left hundreds dead. The 2022 heat wave in India that devastated the wheat harvest. The deadly heat waves in France in ...