Climate change has made heat waves last longer and spike hotter since 1979, study says
Climate change is making giant heat waves crawl slower across the globe and they are baking more…
It's a bittersweet Easter for chocolate lovers and African cocoa farmers but big brands see profits
ACCRA, Ghana — Shoppers may get a bitter surprise in their Easter baskets this year. Chocolate…
The ‘Taylor Swift effect’ aims to provide water during Brazil's life-threatening heat waves
RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazilian climatologist Núbia Beray Armond for years had been sounding the…
Drought pinched Louisiana's crawfish harvest, but mudbug fans are weathering the shortage
BATON ROUGE, La. — In Jeff Pohlmann’s 39 years of selling crawfish in Louisiana he has…
Arizona's most populous county has confirmed 645 heat-associated deaths in metro Phoenix last year
PHOENIX — Public health officials in Arizona’s most populous county on Wednesday reported…
Amid Louisiana's crawfish shortage, governor issues disaster declaration
BATON ROUGE, La. — Amid a crawfish shortage in Louisiana, the nation’s top producer of the…
In a rural California region, a plan takes shape to provide shade from dangerous heat
MECCA, Calif. — When Limba Contreras moved to the desert community of Oasis, California, about…
How climate change contributes to wildfires like Chile's
At least 123 people have been killed by wildfires in central Chile, leading its president to declare…
Extreme heat, wildfire smoke harm low-income and nonwhite communities the most, study finds
LOS ANGELES — Extreme heat and wildfire smoke are independently harmful to the human body, but…