CNN News Central's Sara Sidner speaks with Ashley Ward, director of the Heat Policy Innovation Hub at Duke University's Nicholas Institute, about what's causing the world's heat waves to grow more intense.
July 01, 2026
China's Inner Mongolia is expanding both renewable energy and coal use
July 02, 2026
Many seabirds are starving to death as a marine heat wave lingers off California and fish seek deeper, cooler waters
July 01, 2026
Spain recorded 1,029 excess deaths last month attributable to heat, official data showed on Wednesday, as a five-day heatwave with temperatures surpassing 40 degrees Celsius
July 01, 2026
Two people died after a wildfire gutted a house in a forested settlement in northern Greece, the fire brigade said.
July 01, 2026
Hospitals in the Paris region are urgently upgrading their defenses against heat waves
July 01, 2026
It's a hot one for millions of people in the Midwest and Great Lakes states
July 01, 2026
Heat can be dangerous, but health experts say there are ways to manage the threat
June 30, 2026
A legal framework could be drawn up this year on regional cooperation to monitor and seek to adapt to falling water levels in the Caspian Sea, which is shrinking at an
June 30, 2026
Hottest temperatures in over a decade threatened in parts of eastern US as dangerous heat dome expands and intensifies
June 29, 2026
The spike in copper prices to a record high earlier this year has added weight to arguments for switching from copper to cheaper and lighter aluminium in a range of sectors
June 30, 2026
Climate-exacerbated heat increases and unpredictable rainfall combined with unplanned urban growth have resulted in nearly half the lakes in the mountainous, India-controlled Jammu and Kashmir region disappearing or becoming highly polluted in the last six decades
June 30, 2026
They were the ‘unsung heroes’ of firefighting. Their deaths mark a grim milestone for the new wildland fire service
June 30, 2026
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu said on Monday he was keeping the country's health emergency response plan, ORSAN, at its highest level for the coming days in view
June 29, 2026
Heat waves can be dangerous, and the conditions indoors can be worse than outdoors. A study of all the single-family homes in Austin, Texas, shows why.
June 23, 2026
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the University of California, Berkeley, are partnering to form a new nonpartisan academic institute they say will be dedicated to strengthening democracy
June 29, 2026
Italy and the Balkans felt the impact on Monday of a record-breaking heatwave that has caused hundreds of excess deaths and
June 29, 2026
In a vineyard on the Greek island of Santorini, winemaker Yiannis Boutaris gestures to a dried-up ‘kouloura’ vine trained into the shape
June 29, 2026
A record-breaking heat wave has overwhelmed mortuaries in Paris, leaving funeral directors struggling to find space for bodies
June 29, 2026
France has reported around 1,000 additional deaths during last week’s record-breaking heat wave
June 28, 2026
Temperatures hit 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) in parts of Europe on Sunday as storms moved into
June 28, 2026
A heat wave is hitting central and eastern Europe, with record temperatures in Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Denmark
June 27, 2026
Paris Fashion Week Men’s became a test of fashion’s relationship with heat
June 26, 2026
Many steps that are good for clean energy also dovetail with federal priorities, from affordable housing to data centers and rural development.
June 17, 2026
The intense heatwave engulfing Western Europe, resulting in more than 50 deaths in France alone, is being sustained by a weather pattern known as an omega
June 23, 2026
The record-breaking heat that’s scorching Europe day and night this month would not have been possible without climate change, according to a new study
June 26, 2026
Poor rains and a weak monsoon weather system is leading to a water shortage in India's cities and its vast rural regions
June 26, 2026
As the national conversation shifts to political finger-pointing, an important environmental question deserves careful scrutiny: What is the best approach to maintain urban water quality?
June 25, 2026
In a private hospital just south of Paris, the most
June 25, 2026
A Paris court has ruled that energy company TotalEnergies must account for its consumers’ greenhouse gas emissions
June 25, 2026
London got a glimpse of the future normal during its eighth annual climate week after an event dedicated to discussing the
June 25, 2026
Sacramento's cockroach problem is getting worse. Experts say this species is partly to blame
June 25, 2026
A new study tracks how young frogs are trying to avoid a deadly fungal infection.
June 24, 2026
Amid Europe's deadly heat wave, CNN's Laura Paddison looks at the effects of extreme heat on the human body.
June 24, 2026
Extreme heat is melting national records across Europe, with more coming Thursday
June 24, 2026
Soaring temperatures are fueling one of Western Europe’s worst June heat waves on record. Pau Mosquera reports from Spain.
July 19, 2023
California intends to sue the Trump administration over its deal to end an offshore wind project proposed off the state’s central coast
June 24, 2026
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June 23, 2026
Traveling to a heat wave zone: Here’s what tourists need to know
July 19, 2023
Dozens drown, schools close, heat records set to be annihilated: Europe has a major heat problem and it’s only getting worse
June 23, 2026
Germany battles aggressive outbreak of poisonous caterpillars
June 23, 2026
The United Nations called on major artificial intelligence companies on Tuesday to publicly disclose the full environmental cost of their data centres
June 23, 2026
At least 18 people died in France, including two children left in a hot car, as a heatwave hung over Europe,
June 22, 2026
France is facing a grueling heat wave with temperatures soaring above 40 degrees Celsius, or 104 Fahrenheit
June 22, 2026
Mexico, Kenya, Italy and other nations are experiencing anywhere from one to two more months of heat stress than they were several decades ago, new research published Monday says, and some areas even more so
June 22, 2026
France restricts public drinking as Europe swelters under a ‘heat-dome driven furnace’ for the second time in two months
June 22, 2026
Many homeowners hit by devastating Michigan floods had no insurance and no idea they were at risk — underscoring vulnerabilities throughout rural America as climate change causes more extreme weather
June 22, 2026
France is in the grips of a severe heat wave, leading to canceled trains, concerts and sports events
June 21, 2026
A punishing heatwave sweeping across much of Europe prompted a partial alcohol ban in France, nationwide warnings in Germany and the closure
June 20, 2026
Trump task force uncovers more than $1 billion in trade fraud
UK police say former politician and TV personality Ann Widdecombe was killed in ‘targeted attack’
Rare T. rex fossil sells for record $50.1 million at auction
Everything you need to know about the first World Cup semifinal: Spain vs. France
US-Russian crew blast off for 8-month stint on the International Space Station