The Latest Breaking News on Climate change

Woman says 16-year-old son was exhausted from camping in temperatures of up to 35C and is now at hotel in Seoul

Hotter summers are making it increasingly difficult to keep cool in what are ‘basically like little ovens’ as staff battle discomfort

Scientists got bats to map urban heat islands and find air over urban areas is warmer than in parks.

The jet stream is a core of powerful winds that travel from west to east, 5 to 7 miles above the surface of the Earth

Temperatures in parts of Chile and northern Argentina have soared to 10°C-20°C above average over the last few days. Towns in the Andes mountains have reached 38°C or more, while Argentina’s capital, Buenos Aires, saw temperatures above 30°C – breaking its previous August record by more than 5°C. Temperatures peaked…

Higher temperatures combine with Iraq’s other problems to create a ‘perfect storm’.

The storm, which is the first to be named by the Met Office this season, will hit the UK from late Friday night and into Saturday.

It is not only air temperatures that are rising. The oceans — home to up to 80 per cent of all life on Earth — are warming dangerously too.

British delegation leaves world scouting event attracting 39,000 people after scores taken ill amid the heat