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Montana Officials Warn of Elevated Wildfire Risk From Increasing Drought, Heat and Wind

Volunteer departments, often the first to respond to blazes, face recruiting challenges, and federal firefighting agencies are in flux.

By Mosabber Hossain

A helicopter crew battles a wildfire near Kalispell, Mont., in August 2022. Credit: Don and Melinda Crawford/Universal Images Group via Getty Images

Heat Is a Growing Threat to the Hajj—Even in Spring

By Kiley Price

Andrea Belotti of S.L. Benfica pours water on his face to cool off during a FIFA Club World Cup match at Bank of America Stadium on June 28, 2025, in Charlotte, N.C. Credit: Justin Setterfield/FIFA via Getty Images

The 2026 World Cup Will Feature a Villainous Player: Extreme Heat

By Gabriel Matias Castilho

An Unusually Early Heat Wave Breaks Temperature Records Across Western Europe

By Kiley Price

People carry their belongings as they evacuate due to flooding in Yaguachi, Ecuador, on Feb. 25, 2025. Credit: Marcos Pin/AFP via Getty Images

Latin America Faces ‘Hydrological Whiplash’ as Climate Risks Mount

By Bob Berwyn

A stone countertop fabricator creates a cloud of dust while wearing a mask to help protect against airborne particles, which can contribute to silicosis, at a shop in Sun Valley, Calif. Credit: Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

World Health Organization Must Prioritize Workers, Experts Say 

By Liza Gross

An Unusual Heat Wave Strains the World’s Most Populous Country

By Kiley Price

People cross a section of collapsed road during flash flooding linked to El Niño conditions on Nov. 22, 2023, near Garissa, Kenya. Credit: Luis Tato/AFP via Getty Images

As El Niño Approaches, Scientists Predict Fierce Heatwaves, Wildfires and Floods

By Bob Berwyn

A man on the street wipes his face with orange fabric and another pedestrian holds an umbrella to block out the sun.

‘Heat Batteries’ Leave Some City Blocks Scorched

By Lauren Dalban

Special cameras helped scientists pinpoint when a combination of heat and drought conditions cause changes in individual oak leaves. Credit: Alyssa Kullberg

How Forests Start to Fail, One Leaf at a Time

By Bob Berwyn

A worker picks leaves from the conveyor belt of a harvester during grape harvest on a vineyard in Lodi, Calif., on Oct. 13, 2025. Credit: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

A New Wine Label Promotes Workers’ Rights

By Liza Gross

People spend time on Crissy Field Beach during warm weather in San Francisco on March 11. Credit: Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images

Summer in March? Unusual Heat Wave Descends on Already Parched Western U.S.

By Kiley Price

A trained team from the West Coast Large Whale Entanglement Response Program works to free an entangled gray whale off the coast of Orange County, Calif., in December 2017. Credit: West Coast Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Whale Entanglements in Fishing Gear Surge Off U.S. West Coast During Marine Heatwaves

By Teresa Tomassoni

A Civil Protection member comforts a woman as a wildfire burns in the village of Veiga das Meas, Spain, on Aug. 16, 2025. Increasingly severe wildfire seasons around the world are one of the signs that some forests are at a climate threshold. Credit: Miguel Riopa/AFP via Getty Images

Accelerated Global Warming Could Lock Earth Into a Hothouse Future

By Bob Berwyn

An aerial view of burning houses as a wildfire blazes through Concepción, Chile, on Jan. 18. Credit: Guillermo Salgado/AFP via Getty Images

Patagonia Is Burning

By Anika Jane Beamer

A street is inundated with floodwater during a King Tide event on Jan. 3 in Corte Madera, Calif. Credit: Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images

A California Climate Expert Is Working to Restore Climate Risk Scores Deleted by Zillow

By Claire Barber

A construction worker cools off with water as a heatwave hits France in Nantes on June 19, 2025. Credit: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images

New Climate Reports Show ‘Unprecedented Run of Global Heat’

By Bob Berwyn

A Los Angeles County crew member hydrates between repaving a road as temperatures reach 100 degrees and above in August 2023. Credit: Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

New Analysis Provides More Evidence That Heat Standards Save Lives

By Liza Gross

A worker stripes an intersection on a hot afternoon in Austin, Texas, on Aug. 6. Credit: Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images

Texas Workers Keep Dying in the Heat

By Martha Pskowski, Keerti Gopal

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