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    ‘Surprise’ Ocean Heat Waves Are Twice as Common as Previously Thought

    ‘Surprise’ Ocean Heat Waves Are Twice as Common as Previously Thought

    Heat waves have had people sweltering all summer, but they are not just on land. It turns out that ocean heat waves, which can threaten corals, fish, plankton and other marine life, are occurring far more frequently than previously thought, according to a study published Wednesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, […]

    57 Dead, 18,000 Hospitalized in Japan Heat Wave

    57 Dead, 18,000 Hospitalized in Japan Heat Wave

    While the worst of this summer’s heat seems to have passed in the U.S. and Europe, Japan is in the throes of a dangerous heat wave. The end of the rainy season last week brought a dangerous heat wave that claimed the lives of 57 people in Japan and sent tens of thousands to the […]

    Human Activity Caused Latest European Heat Wave, Scientists Say

    Human Activity Caused Latest European Heat Wave, Scientists Say

    The latest heat wave that crippled Paris with 109 degree Fahrenheit heat and saw the mercury hit 104 degrees Fahrenheit in the Netherlands and Belgium was caused by humans, according to a new study published on Friday, as the Associated Press reported. The rapid attribution study by a team of respected climate scientists from the […]

    Second Major Heat Wave This Summer Smashes Records Across Europe

    Second Major Heat Wave This Summer Smashes Records Across Europe

    Europe’s second extreme heat wave of the summer has lived up to predictions, smashing records across the continent. Paris recorded its all-time highest temperature of 42.6 degrees Celsius, BBC News reported. Belgium, Germany, and the Netherlands all endured record highs on Wednesday only to see them broken again on Thursday, AccuWeather reported. Thursday’s all-time highs […]

    Europe Braces for Second Extreme Heat Wave This Summer

    Europe Braces for Second Extreme Heat Wave This Summer

    Europe is gearing up for another extreme heat wave that could set all-time records for several European countries. Paris could surpass its all-time high of 40.4 degrees Celsius on Thursday, Meteo France predicted Monday, according to The Washington Post’s Capital Weather Gang. That record has not been broken since 1947. Overnight minimum records were already […]

    How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather

    How Climate Change Is Fueling Extreme Weather

    By Emilie Karrick Surrusco Across the globe, extreme weather is becoming the new normal. Torrential rains and flooding. Record hurricanes. Destructive wildfires. Deadly heatwaves and drought. From season to season and year to year, weather events that were once rare occurrences are now increasingly commonplace. Human activity is causing these rapid changes. When fossil fuels […]

    50 Million Americans Are Currently Living Under Some Type of Heat Warning

    50 Million Americans Are Currently Living Under Some Type of Heat Warning

    A dangerous heat wave is expected to boil much of the Central and Eastern U.S. beginning Wednesday, The Washington Post reported. Major cities including Chicago, St. Louis, Washington DC, Nashville, Kansas City, Missouri, Philadelphia and New York could see temperatures soar between 95 and 100 degrees Fahrenheit for at least three days. It will be […]