Tag: Heat and Heat Waves
How Heat Waves are Changing Tourism in Europe
It was the middle of July, peak summer travel season, and the news from Europe wasn’t looking good:…
Pacific Northwest Restaurants Struggle as Temperatures Spike
On Wednesday, the temperature in the tight kitchen at Blotto, a pizza restaurant in Seattle, reached 108 degrees.…
Heat Wave Expected to Break Record Temperatures on Sunday
There were record-high daily temperatures in parts of the Northeast on Sunday as a nationwide scorching was expected…
Biden Announces Plans to Deal With Climate ‘Emergency’
WASHINGTON — President Biden said on Wednesday that he would expand existing federal programs to help Americans cope…
Delay as the New Denial: The Latest Republican Tactic to Block Climate Action
WASHINGTON — One hundred million Americans from Arizona to Boston are under heat emergency warnings, and the drought…
Extreme Heat Puts Life on Hold in Britain, a Land Not Built for It
LONDON — Trains slowed to a crawl. Schools and doctors’ offices shut their doors. The British Museum closed…
Extreme Heat Continues Its March Across Western Europe
LONDON — The weather maps for Europe were blood red on Sunday as heat that has been baking…
Deadly Glacier Collapse in Italy Shows Reach of Europe’s New Heat
CANAZEI, Italy — Days before a glacier in the Italian Dolomites broke off with the force of a…
In South Asia, Climate Change Worries Take On Fresh Urgency
FATEHGARH-SAHIB, India — When the unseasonably heavy rains flooded the fields, and then the equally unseasonable heat shriveled…
Climate Change’s Effects Outpacing Ability to Adapt, I.P.C.C. Warns
If average warming passes 1.5 degrees Celsius, even humanity’s best efforts to adapt could falter, the report warns.…