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Europe 3 months ago

Record temps as spring heatwave bakes Europe

People in western Europe turned to fans and fountains as they sweltered through a record-breaking heatwave Tuesday, with temperatures set to soar even further.

Academia 4 months ago

Cities are getting hotter – and bigger

Today’s emissions choices will determine how many more may face dangerous heatwaves this century.

Asia & Pacific 4 months ago

India orders school water bells to beat heat

That year was India's hottest year since thorough records began in 1901, with sizzling temperatures following a global pattern of extreme weather driven by climate change.

Europe 5 months ago

Planet trapped record heat in 2025, says UN

The amount of heat trapped by the Earth reached record levels in 2025, with the consequences of such warming feared to last for thousands of years, the UN has warned.

Asia & Pacific 7 months ago

Record-breaking Australia heatwave fuels bushfires, cuts power to thousands

The heatwave is the worst seen in Victoria, Australia's second-most populous state, since the 2009 Black Saturday bushfires that killed 173 people and is not expected to ease until the weekend, authorities said.

Asia & Pacific 8 months ago

Intense heatwave grips Australia's southern states, fans bushfires

Meteorologists said the conditions were at their worst in six years, when catastrophic bushfires destroyed wide swathes of southeastern Australia, killing 33 people, in what became known as the Black Summer.

Europe 1 year ago

Fires keep burning in western Spain as army is deployed

As Spain enters its third week of heatwave alerts, firefighters continue to battle blazes in the northwest and west of the country, with army units deployed to help contain the blazes.

Europe 1 year ago

Spain suffers third wildfire death, Greece beats back flames

Spain on Thursday mourned its third wildfire death this week and Greece began beating back a blaze threatening its third-largest city as an unrelenting heatwave stoked tinderbox conditions in southern Europe.

Asia & Pacific 1 year ago

Japan sweats through hottest July on record

The average temperature in July was up a record 2.89 degrees Celcius from the 1991-2020 average for the month, the Japan Meteorological Agency said on Friday.

Europe 1 year ago

May was world's second-hottest on record, EU scientists say

The world experienced its second-warmest May since records began this year, a month in which climate change fueled a record-breaking heatwave in Greenland, scientists said on Wednesday.

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Record temps as spring heatwave bakes Europe

Cities are getting hotter – and bigger

India orders school water bells to beat heat

Planet trapped record heat in 2025, says UN

Record-breaking Australia heatwave fuels bushfires, cuts power to thousands

Intense heatwave grips Australia's southern states, fans bushfires

Fires keep burning in western Spain as army is deployed

Spain suffers third wildfire death, Greece beats back flames

Japan sweats through hottest July on record

May was world's second-hottest on record, EU scientists say

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