The Latest Breaking News on Climate change

While massive heatwaves are affecting southern Europe, China, the US and many other places, it’s rainy and not particularly warm in the UK. But that doesn’t mean there’s no risk of intense heat: on this exact week last year, the UK broke 40°C for the first time.

A raging heatwave is baking southern Europe with temperatures expected to reach as high as 49C in some parts.

Will the high temperatures still be around for summer holiday breaks?

Gavin Schmidt of Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies warns of likelihood of new high as heatwave bakes large parts of planet. Plus, the beginning of the end for the great Megan Rapinoe

A kitchen can be unbearable in a heatwave. Luckily, we’ve found 7 ways to cool this space down.

After hottest day ever, researchers say global heating may mean future of crop failures on land and ‘silent dying’ in the oceans

On July 17, Patricia Chavez came across a squirrel in her backyard lying in an unusual position: it was sprawled out on its stomach, legs stretched out

As extreme temperatures challenge records across the globe, we chart a day in the life of a heatwave, from morning in Japan to evening in the United States

As a brutal heat wave covers much of the U.S. in record temperatures, labor groups are pushing for measures to protect outdoor workers by mandating water breaks and periods out of the blazing sun.

It’s no coincidence that extreme heat is engulfing huge swaths of Asia, Europe and North America all at the same time. Powerful weather forces are combining to create the planet-wide conditions, and there’s unlikely to be relief from the scorching temperatures anytime soon.

More people have been forced from their homes outside Athens as wildfires continue to rage amid scorching temperatures across southern Europe.