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Urban Heat and Air Pollution May Harm Developing Brains in the Womb, Study Suggests

Focusing on minority populations, the study’s findings show how low-income communities in New York City can bear generational consequences from climate change.

By Jaylan Sims

Plans Bloom for a Microforest in Princeton as New Jersey Residents Tackle Rising Heat

By Emilie Lounsberry

Human-Caused Warming Tripled the Death Toll of European Heat Waves This Summer, New Report Shows

By Bob Berwyn

World’s Largest Fossil Fuel and Cement Producers Are Responsible for About Half the Intensity of Recent Heat Waves, New Study Shows

By Dana Drugmand

Emissions are Sparking Increases in African Heat Waves in Unexpected Ways, New Study Finds

By Chad Small

El Paso’s Heat Is Killing in Record Numbers. It May Only Get Worse

Story by Martha Pskowski, photos by Paul Ratje

RAGBRAI, the World’s Largest Recreational Bike Ride, Is Getting Hotter and Harder

By Anika Jane Beamer

Broiled by Heat Waves, Residents of the Concrete Jungle Suffer

By Lauren Dalban

New York Can’t Meet Its Ambitious Climate Targets. Maybe the Plan Was Doomed From the Start

By Lauren Dalban

As a Heat Wave Roiled Illinois, People Incarcerated Suffered The Most

By Siri Chilukuri

Weather Extremes Caused by Climate Change Are Driving Up Food Prices, a New Report Says

By Georgina Gustin

Weeks After a Heat Wave Baked the US, Democrats Push to Declare Heat a Major Disaster

By Kiley Price

30 Years After Chicago’s Deadliest Heat Wave, Systemic Racism Is Still the Root Problem

By Keerti Gopal

Human-Caused Global Warming Spiked the Death Toll of Europe’s Early Summer Heatwave

By Bob Berwyn

The Heat That Seared New York City’s Primary Voters Is Just One Impact of Global Warming on Elections

By Chad Small

Will the Trump Administration Save Workers from Preventable Overheating Deaths?

By Liza Gross

How Do You Escape a Heat Wave When You Have Nowhere to Go?

By Keerti Gopal

Amid Brutal Heat Wave, Officials Stress Health Risks of Hot Nights

By Kiley Price

US Labor Advocates Demand Heat Protections for Workers as Planet Warms

By Liza Gross