Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. Between June 20-24, a heat dome, or the presence of high heat over ...

Dr. Ward studies how extreme heat is reshaping lives and livelihoods in communities across the United States. Just five days into summer, much of the United States is gripped by a record-breaking heat ...

States across the Central and Eastern U.S. are under extreme heat watches and warnings as the areas are facing "dangerous heat," according to the National Weather Service. "Though record high ...

This Climate Matters analysis is based on open-access data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). See Methodology for details. More frequent and intense extreme heat — the ...

Extreme heat is taking a silent toll at the cellular and the molecular level. Longer periods of extreme heat has been found to accelerate biological age in older adults by up to two years, according ...

Summers are indeed getting hotter, a consequence of the warming planet. As the climate heats up, the frequency and intensity of heat waves is increasing and their timing is changing, arriving earlier ...

Shawhin Roudbari receives funding from The National Science Foundation. Shideh Dashti receives funding from the College of Engineering and Applied Science at University of Colorado Boulder, National ...