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Farmworkers wear protective clothing while working in a bell pepper field through a heat wave on July 3 in Camarillo, California. Credit: Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images

Will the Nation’s First Heat Protection Standard Safeguard the Most Vulnerable Workers?

By Liza Gross

Climate activists blockaded the doors to Citigroup's headquarters in New York City on Friday morning. Credit: Keerti Gopal/Inside Climate News

Climate Activists Blockade Citigroup’s Doors with Model Pipeline and Protest Bank’s Ties to Israel

By Keerti Gopal

People rest under the shade in San Ramon as a heat wave hits the San Francisco Bay Area in July 2021. Credit: Wu Xiaoling/Xinhua via Getty Images

California’s Bay Area is Heating Up. Its Infrastructure Isn’t Designed For It

By Ruchi Shahagadkar

People try to keep cool at Coney Island during a heat wave in New York City on July 28, 2023. Credit: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

With Heat Waves, an Increased Risk for Heart Problems, New Research Shows

By Victoria St. Martin

Children sit in the sand at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina in the evening of July 23, 2023 to avoid the heat of the daytime. Credit: Madeline Gray for The Washington Post via Getty Images

As the Country Heats Up, ERs May See an Influx of Young Patients Struggling With Mental Health

By Jenaye Johnson

A boy cools off in a public fountain during a heat wave in New York on July 26, 2023. Credit: Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images

Amid Record-Breaking Heat Wave, Researchers Step Up Warnings About Risks Extreme Temperatures Pose to Children

By Victoria St. Martin

Emergency medical technicians respond to a pregnant woman suffering from dehydration as extreme heat hits the region on July 19, 2023 in Eagle Pass, Texas. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images

For Pregnant People, Heat Waves Bring An Increased Risk of Preterm and Early Term Babies, Study Finds

By Victoria St. Martin

People walk down a damaged street in the aftermath of Hurricane Otis in Acapulco, Mexico on Oct. 28, 2023. Credit: Dassaev Tellez Adame/Xinhua via Getty Images

Climate Extremes Slammed Latin America and the Caribbean Last Year. A New UN Report Details the Impacts and Costs

By Bob Berwyn

A person rides a bicycle as heat causes a visual distortion during a record heat wave in Phoenix on July 25, 2023. Credit: Mario Tama/Getty Images

Phoenix Braces—and Plans—for Another Hot, Dry Summer

By Wyatt Myskow

Marine biologist Anne Hoggett records bleached and dead coral around Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia on April 5. Credit: David Gray/AFP via Getty Images

Increasingly Frequent Ocean Heat Waves Trigger Mass Die-Offs of Sealife, and Grief in Marine Scientists

By Bob Berwyn

People walk on a section of the Great Salt Lake that used to be underwater on Aug. 2, 2021 near Magna, Utah. Credit: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

In Deep Red Utah, Climate Concerns Are Now Motivating Candidates

By Marcus Baram, Capital & Main

The Wamme river is seen at a low level during the European heatwave on Aug 10, 2022 in Rochefort, Belgium. Credit: Thierry Monasse/Getty Images

Study Pinpoints Links Between Melting Arctic Ice and Summertime Extreme Weather in Europe

By Bob Berwyn

Smoke rises from the Oak Fire near Mariposa, Calif. on July 24, 2022. The wildfire burned through several thousand acres while Californians dealt with record-setting temperatures. Credit: David McNew/AFP via Getty Images

Converging Climate Risks Interact to Cause More Harm, Hitting Disadvantaged Californians Hardest

By Liza Gross

A billboard displays a temperature of 118 degrees Fahrenheit during a record heat wave in Phoenix, Arizona on July 18, 2023. Swaths of the United States home to more than 80 million people were under heat warnings or advisories, as relentless, record-breaking temperatures continued to bake western and southern states. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images.

This Summer’s Heatwaves Would Have Been ‘Almost Impossible’ Without Human-Caused Warming, a New Analysis Shows

By Bob Berwyn

A Baltimore resident washes her hair in a fountain at Inner Harbor in Baltimore, Maryland, on June 30, 2021, as a heat wave threatens to make it the city's hottest day of the year. Credit: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images

From the Middle East to East Baltimore, a Johns Hopkins Professor Works to Make the City More Climate-Resilient

By Aman Azhar

Residential buildings stand on the city skyline on April 10, 2015 in Barcelona, Spain. Credit: David Ramos/Getty Images

To Equitably Confront Climate Change, Cities Need to Include Public Health Agencies in Planning Adaptations

By Aydali Campa

A man stands by fans spraying air mixed with water to cool down along a street in Baghdad on June 30, 2021 amidst a severe heat wave. Credit: Ahmad Al-Rubaye/AFP via Getty Images

Last Year’s Overall Climate Was Shaped by Warming-Driven Heat Extremes Around the Globe

By Bob Berwyn

A farmworker wears a face mask while harvesting curly mustard in a field on Feb. 10, 2021 in Ventura County, California. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

For Farmworkers, Heat Too Often Means Needless Death

By Liza Gross

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