Recent studies reveal how rising temperatures are altering animal immune responses, intensifying heat waves in U.S. cities, and threatening urban biodiversity in countries like the Philippines.

Greenhouse gas emissions have surged across the world in the last century, and the impact these emissions have ...

In 2019, a group of climate experts gathered at the Bellagio Center, a sprawling 50-acre property owned by the the Rockefeller Foundation on Lake Como in Northern Italy. The year was shaping up to be ...

More than five weeks remain before summer’s official start, but preparations for extreme heat have been underway for many months in parts of the country hit hard by last year’s sweltering conditions.

The week is already off to an extremely hot, and dangerous, start for many in the Eastern half of the U.S., as experts say hundreds of cities could see record-breaking heat. Sunday’s temperatures were ...

Straddling the border with Mexico along the Rio Grande, the city of Laredo, Texas, and its 260,000 residents don’t just have to deal with the region’s ferocious heat. Laredo’s roads, sidewalks, and ...

This story was originally published by Vox and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. But the damage from extreme heat isn’t spread out evenly, and the more dangerous effects to ...

As part of our ongoing series, Design Exchange: Innovations for a Changing Climate, The New York Climate Exchange, The Municipal Art Society & Pratt Institute present Extreme Heat: Adapting Cities to ...

Climate change is upon us – it’s a reality affecting us personally. Hot days are getting hotter and more frequent in Oregon, across the U.S. and in other parts of the world. Wildfires and “unhealthy ...

As Cities Adapt To Climate Change, They Can Protect The Wealthy–Or The Rest Of Us Our global economic system demands growth at all costs--but that imperative is causing the cities that support it to ...