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It has been the hottest late August bank holiday weekend ever - with temperatures reaching 33.3C (91.94F) in west London.The Met Office confirmed the new record temperature, which was set at Heathrow.
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July was officially the hottest month on record, and in the scorching sun, UPS workers have convulsed, fainted and landed in the ER with heat-induced kidney failure, interviews and medical records show.
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The season started early, beginning on April 30 with the Oregon Lakes Fire. And while fires typically start to peter out in August, recently there’s been a major uptick.
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The monsoon season in India typically runs June to September.Extreme downpours have caused flooding and landslides that have killed hundreds.These extreme events may become more common with climate change, scientists say....
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As temperatures and heat indexes crept to record-breaking levels last week, the men and women inside of Alabama prisons sweltered.
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A fire raged out of control on the Spanish holiday island of Gran Canaria Monday, forcing evacuations as flames rose so high even water-dropping planes could not operate in what was dubbed an "environmental tragedy".
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As climate change pushes sea levels higher around the world, the water is rising especially fast along the East Coast of the U.S. as the land simultaneously sinks.
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Arizona, Nevada and Mexico will be required to take less water from the Colorado River for the first time next year under a set of agreements that aim to keep enough water in Lake Mead to reduce the risk of a crash.
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Climate science at a glance
Extreme heat is among the most obvious and well documented effects of climate change.
The signal of climate change is especially clear in the western United States where a formal attribution study has made the link.
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At around 3 am on November 9, 2018, photographer Stuart Palley stood on the sidewalk of a residential street in Thousand Oaks, California. A wildfire known as the Hill Fire was burning down from the foothills, driven by Santa Ana winds and fueled by unseasonably hot and dry conditions.
