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
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
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
The U.S.
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
How Founding Father Benjamin Franklin's ideas have helped scientists understand climate change
June 18, 2026
The Trump administration says it’s buying back another energy company’s U.S. offshore wind leases for four more wind projects, as it seeks to discourage the expansion of wind energy in favor of fossil fuels
June 17, 2026
Americans are divided on ‘culture war’ issues, a new CNN poll finds. Republicans are trying to leverage that in the midterms
June 17, 2026
African and Commonwealth nations have called for a swift implementation of a landmark treaty protecting the high seas
June 16, 2026
Australia's weather bureau warned on Tuesday that an El Nino weather pattern has formed in the tropical Pacific and could intensify in the
June 16, 2026
Permanently installing a heat pump system in a building is expensive. But new window units can deliver many of the benefits with far less cost and go with renters when they move.
June 15, 2026
Geneva police on Sunday fired teargas at protesters who set fire to a Tesla vehicle and smashed windows at a United Nations agency as they vented
June 14, 2026
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Friday to reinstall exhibits and signs on topics like slavery and climate change that
June 13, 2026
HONG KONG, June 12 - China warned communities in its northwestern Xinjiang and nearby regions on Friday to prepare for "extreme floods" this summer, driven by abnormally high temperatures, heavy
June 12, 2026
The return of the screwworm parasite to the U.S. has some politicians trying to figure out who to blame
June 12, 2026
El Nino conditions are present and expected to strengthen into the Northern Hemisphere winter of 2026–27, the U.S. Climate Prediction Center said on Thursday.
June 11, 2026
China’s national government policies on energy and economic development are changing pastoral life on the Tibetan Plateau.
June 11, 2026
Deadly floods and landslides in Indonesia's Sumatra last year have wiped out at least 7% of the total population of the critically endangered Tapanuli
June 10, 2026
Florida’s current approach to insurance is forcing those who can least afford it to bear the cost of the climate crisis. But different approaches are available.
June 09, 2026
The EU wants to target fewer, clearer goals at the world's annual climate summit in November, building alliances in advance to avoid a repeat of last year's
June 08, 2026
FIFA has announced that it will now allow fans to bring their own water bottles to some stadiums during the World Cup, adjusting a policy that had barred spectators from bringing refillable water bottles into the tournament’s 16 stadiums across North America, including some with limited or no shade from the sun
June 06, 2026
Financial markets are underestimating the economic risks of biodiversity loss, potentially exposing countries to sovereign debt crises and sharply higher
June 05, 2026
Georgia teen pleads guilty to gun charge for running onto Capitol grounds with loaded shotgun
This week in court: 6 high-profile cases from the Tate brothers to D4vd
Trump administration urges Supreme Court to allow order targeting mail-in voting before midterms
Thinking of traveling to Spain or France? Here's what to know
US walks out on France at UN meeting to protest ally's criticism of America's human rights record
Mexico economy likely rebounded in second quarter
Monte dei Paschi, Banco BPM working on deal with cash component, Bloomberg News reports
Secret Service agent charged with felonies in beatings police say were fraternity hazing