Wildfire smoke kills tens of thousands of people a year. Here's how it attacks the body
Wildfire smoke, which is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, attacks nearly every system in the body
July 17, 2026Wildfire smoke, which is increasing in the Northern Hemisphere as the climate warms, attacks nearly every system in the body
July 17, 2026
Firefighters backed by 30 aircraft struggled on Friday to
July 17, 2026
People are making wildfire bets on prediction markets. Experts say it could lead to disaster
July 17, 2026
Wildfire smoke is driving terrible air quality as new wildfire plumes arrive from Canada
July 15, 2026
Hungarian authorities have been channeling water into a vast area within the country's Hortobagy National
July 17, 2026
Heavy smoke from wildfires is darkening skies from the U.S. Midwest to the East Coast
July 16, 2026
Racing to work, to pick up your children from school, or go from one errand to the next not only wastes money and sends harmful emissions into the air, it barely saves you time, new research says
July 16, 2026
Thousands of visitors have been told to evacuate a remote Minnesota wilderness area because of wildfires sending heavy smoke across the U.S. Midwest and Northeast
July 15, 2026
Rare high flood risk for potentially ‘catastrophic’ impacts issued for already inundated parts of Texas
July 13, 2026
Another round of sweltering heat is in store for much of the U.S. this week
July 14, 2026
Multilateral development banks committed a record $162.5 billion in climate financing last year, a report by the EU's lending arm showed on
July 13, 2026
Trump wants new coal plants built in the US. The price tag could be astronomical
July 13, 2026
El Niño could cut Brazil's expected record harvest by up to a fifth, according to the Brazilian Coffee Industry Association (Abic), as excessive heat
July 13, 2026
European countries reported more than 10,000 excess deaths during the record-breaking heatwave that engulfed the west of the continent in late June,
July 13, 2026
For half a century, workers in northern China have been using a technique called "straw checkerboards" to combat desertification
July 13, 2026
A widespread and dangerous heat wave is building across the U.S., with triple-digit highs expected in the Southwest and Great Plains this weekend
July 11, 2026
This summer ski destination in the Andes isn’t getting enough snow
July 12, 2026
Floods and landslides triggered by days of torrential monsoon rain have killed at least 44 people in southeastern Bangladesh and left over a million stranded as authorities
July 11, 2026
Heat and fire generate overlapping problems for much of southern Europe
July 11, 2026
They’re called rock glaciers, and they might not look like much, but they’ll continue to provide meltwater after the world’s iconic white glaciers are gone.
July 02, 2026
A major pattern shift sets the stage for a dangerous heat dome in the West
July 08, 2026
An impenetrable steel ‘Black Box’ will record ‘every step’ humanity takes toward catastrophe
July 09, 2026
The heat dome that settled over much of the United States affected some specialty farmers who produce crops fruits and vegetables
July 08, 2026
Heat waves do more than dry out vegetation that can easily burn. They also play a role in lightning strikes, particularly dry lightning.
June 18, 2026
Trump promised to cut electric bills in half. His energy policy is doing the opposite, new analysis finds
July 07, 2026
Several days of scorching temperatures are suspected to have caused at least 19 deaths in New Jersey as a heat dome that had settled above parts of the central and eastern United States gives way to severe storms that have knocked out power to close to 1 million homes and businesses
July 05, 2026
A public health researcher explains the signs to watch for that someone is developing heat exhaustion or heat stroke, and what to do.
July 01, 2026
Extreme heat wave in its final stretch and could fuel storms during July 4 celebrations
July 04, 2026
Why we have so many ways to measure hot weather
July 03, 2026
France, the Netherlands and Belgium have recorded 3,700 excess deaths during the June heatwave that sent temperatures soaring across Europe, with authorities warning that the
July 03, 2026
Heat records broken from DC to Boston, more to come Friday
July 02, 2026
Gaining freedom from the heat will be a challenge this Independence Day in the eastern U.S., and it's already starting ahead of the holiday weekend
July 02, 2026
Extreme heat like the weather sweeping the eastern U.S. drives up energy demands for data centers, adding to their strain on power grids and worsening air quality for surrounding areas
July 02, 2026
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
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
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