Veterans in socioeconomically vulnerable areas and those experiencing homelessness face higher mortality risks during EHEs.

The planet experienced a cascade of unprecedented weather events in 2025, marking another year where reality outpaced even ...

Climate change intensified temperatures across Europe this summer, leading to an additional 16,500 deaths, according to leading climate scientists and epidemiologists. In a new study, experts looked ...

As cities prepare for the effects of extreme heat as a result of climate change, experts recommend focusing on greener cities and paying greater attention to vulnerable populations. While there is no ...

It is well known that heat causes exhaustion in the body due to dehydration. But aging? A recent study concluded that extreme heat accelerates the aging of the human body, a worrying fact given the ...

The summer heat can be tough on anyone’s body and mind — but the stakes are higher for seniors. Extreme heat may speed up "biological aging" in older individuals, raising concerns about its impact on ...

Heat waves and flooding could cost the European Union $50 billion in damage to buildings and crops as well as a loss of productivity, a new study found. By Melissa Eddy Melissa Eddy covers the German ...

Extreme heat poses grave threat to tropical birds The notion that bird populations are steeply declining is not new – a 2019 study found bird populations in the US and Canada have dropped by 30% since ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Dangerous heat is coming to Oregon this weekend, and the state’s office of emergency management wants you to be prepared. The National Weather Service issued an Extreme Heat ...