Heat wave smashes records across central US
A record-breaking heat wave baked the central United States on Sunday, smashing temperature records from the northern Plains to the Rocky Mountain region.
A record-breaking heat wave baked the central United States on Sunday, smashing temperature records from the northern Plains to the Rocky Mountain region.
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Jul 13, 2026
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At least 2,700 people could have died in England and Wales as a result of heat waves that struck in May and June, according to a study released Monday.
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Jul 13, 2026
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Why do some coral reefs weather marine heat waves better than others? A new study published in Scientific Reports shows that the answer may lie not only in local ocean conditions, but also in climate patterns that span entire ...
Ecology
Jul 12, 2026
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Firefighters battling a wildfire in southern Spain that killed 12 people began to contain the blaze Saturday as the hardest-hit village remained deserted, with charred vegetation and blackened homes a grim reminder of the ...
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Jul 12, 2026
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Some 44 million Americans were under a heat wave warning Saturday as temperatures in the Rocky Mountains and northern Plains of the United States were expected to hit 43°C (110°F) over the weekend.
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Jul 12, 2026
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You may be spotting dead bumblebees lying on pavements near you during the summer months. There are several reasons for this, some related to the weather and some very much due to humans.
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Jul 10, 2026
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If you visit the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew, on the edge of London, you will see a brightly painted skeleton of a dead oak tree. The tree, known as the climate-changed oak, succumbed in the heat wave of 2022. Instead of ...
Ecology
Jul 9, 2026
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Two-thirds of the European Union's population may have been exposed to harmful levels of ozone pollution during last month's record-breaking heat wave, a report exclusively shared with AFP warned Thursday.
Environment
Jul 9, 2026
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Barcelona registered a maximum temperature of 40.7°C (105.3°F) on Wednesday, its highest figure in 112 years of records, weather agencies said as another heat wave struck Spain.
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Jul 9, 2026
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Western Europe this year experienced its hottest June on record as a searing heat wave swept across a continent facing increasingly frequent and intense heat extremes, the European Union's climate monitor said Thursday.
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Jul 9, 2026
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