During Australia's unprecedented heat wave in late January, air temperatures reached 50°C in inland South Australia. Days of sustained heat and hot nights did real damage. A flying fox colony was all ...

Tiny aerosol particles in the air play a big role in regulating how much sunlight our planet absorbs or reflects, and how clouds form above us. In a recent study, researchers found that extreme heat ...

Conditions are expected to flip from rainy and cold to dry and warm. Some local spots could reach the low 90s during the hot spell. A February heat wave will blanket much of Ventura County and the ...

Feb. 19 (UPI) --A massive blackout left nearly five million people without electricity in Paraguay amid a heat wave that pushed temperatures above 108 degrees Fahrenheit across large parts of the ...

Researchers designed a novel heat pump that uses sound waves to move thermal energy, producing additional heat. The team from China produced an unprecedented amount of heat with their system, and ...

We are in the middle of an unusually warm stretch across Texas, with temperatures running 10 to 15 degrees above normal. Interestingly, there’s something about the third week of February in ...

Southern California is gearing up for a very warm winter day on Friday, with forecasters saying afternoon temperatures could soar into the 90s in some communities. “Chance of it,” KTLA meteorologist ...

On Friday, the heat wave is poised to tie or even break several single-day temperature records in Los Angeles. Forecasters are expecting the thermometer to reach 89 degrees in Burbank, breaking a ...