If you live in a certain part of the Bay Area, Google might help you buy a new heat pump—and could offer you as much as $10,000 to do it. In an innovative new proof-of-concept
Airline passengers know to expect possible flight delays when weather forecasts call for thunderstorms, heavy snow, or strong wind. The omens are less obvious on a hot summer day with clear skies.Yet extreme heat
Crippling droughts in Africa’s Sahel region, flash floods in Southeast Asia, sweeping bushfires in Australia, melting permafrost in Siberia: Once the theoretical preserve of scientific models, the impacts of climate change are suddenly becoming
On certain farms across 22 states, workers who harvest everything from tomatoes to tulips to blueberries will now have mandatory access to electrolytes, which can help them stay safe in dangerous extreme heat. It’s the
Bangkok’s heat index reached a scorching 51.9 degrees Celsius in late June, capping a stretch of danger-zone readings that began in April. For residents, it was just another sweltering day. But for policymakers and city
