The 108-Degree Eviction
Living outside is a more dreadful prospect during a heat wave.
Planet
Your guide to life on a warming planet
Running From a Fire Should Not Be This Routine
Evacuation has become a familiar, terrible summer ordeal.
Climate Change Is Moving Mountains
As glaciers melt and rainfall grows more extreme, once-stable lands are shifting.
Just Ask the Dinosaurs How Bad Air Quality Can Get
If an orange sky seems apocalyptic, imagine planet-wide fires against a black sky.
Canada’s Forests Will Burn and Burn
Once a wildfire starts, it can spread to an area too massive to control.
The Thinking About Kids and Heat Has Flipped
Kids are supposed to be uniquely vulnerable to heat, but the data tell a different story.
Hell Arrives in Washington
My day of extreme heat in the nation’s capital
Venezuelans Were Sorting Through the Rubble Alone
“It was just us, the relatives, the neighbors,” one woman who was searching for her family said.
Europe’s Come-to-AC Moment
The heat is changing the continent’s interest in cooling technologies of all kinds.
Perhaps France Should Reconsider AC
Europe cannot cope with this heat.