This summer’s weather in Portland will likely have government and business leaders looking at more air-conditioning adoption. This action will lead to broader infrastructure implications, as it will ...

Daily climate and health care utilization data from Virginia illuminate the health care costs of extreme heat, which amount to approximately $1 billion every summer when extrapolated nationally. Hot ...

This story is part of Record High, a Grist series examining extreme heat and its impact on how — and where — we live. On an early August morning in 2021, a family — two parents in their 30s and 40s, ...

A rare and intense heat burst affected south-central Nebraska early Tuesday morning rising the temperature from 73°F at 2 a.m. to 97°F by 4 a.m. in Hastings. Herein is a summary of the event and other ...