“Seek shade whenever possible, wear wide-brimmed hats, and protect skin with oils such as coconut oil or petroleum jelly when sunscreen is unaffordable,” she says. For those who do get sunburned, she ...

Extreme heat can trigger excessive sweating that overwhelms the body’s natural cooling system, potentially leading to heat cramps, heat stroke and even death in severe, untreated cases. An ...

Tina Ratto shields herself from the sun while exercising at the Central Park Stairs in Santa Clarita on Aug. 20. (Myung J. Chun/Los Angeles Times) The biggest heat wave of the year has arrived in ...

Queensland, South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales have all suffered record breaking temperatures this week with the ...

Every summer, heat waves affect millions of people around the world. The World Meteorological Organization reported that at least 10 countries experienced temperatures higher than 50ºC in 2023–2024.

Global distributions of annual average heat wave metrics and differences for lake heat waves and atmospheric heat waves. Credit: Communications Earth & Environment (2025). DOI: ...

There used to be places to go to escape the heat on our summer vacations. You could venture to Norway to see its world-famous fjords. A trip to Scotland for a temperate round of golf. Visiting ...

A record-setting marine heat wave stripped huge portions of Florida's coral reef of their colors in 2023, triggering the ninth and worst mass bleaching event in the Caribbean. Temperatures soared for ...