Temperature alone may miss the real danger: this study shows that humidity can sharply raise health risks during both hot and cold weather, with climate change likely to make these compound threats ...

Millions of children risk experiencing stunted growth if heat-trapping emissions continue to bake the planet. The dangers of extreme heat are already well established, with the World Health ...

Governments, medical institutions and other bodies require accurate models on health-related matters in order to better organize their activities. Climate change has measurable impacts on society, ...

Corn sweat is a summertime phenomenon that happens when the crop releases water into the air. It can add to humidity, but local scientists say it likely wasn’t the main force behind the late August ...

Why Is India Getting Hotter? After facing scorching summer heat for weeks, residents of Delhi and the adjoining National Capital Region (NCR) are going to witness rain and thunderstorms as the ...

A new review in Pediatric Research synthesizes two decades of evidence showing that climate change intensifies air pollution, ...

Global warming and extreme heat events are having an increasing impact on human health. In corresponding studies, the ambient temperature and relative humidity are summarized as the heat index, as ...

The summer of 2026 has made history yet again with the warmest, most humid August on record. Fueled by human-driven warming and an unprecedented El Niño, last month’s global average temperatures and ...

Extreme heat is a global public health concern that is becoming more frequent and severe in recent periods. Translating Earth science data into policy-relevant metrics, such as rest breaks, is ...

When spring comes and daylight hours grow longer, Greg Flick, a high school science teacher in Syracuse, N.Y., starts to feel depressed. “I can appreciate the beauty of it and the temperatures aren’t ...