Heat Waves

A heat wave, or heatwave, or extreme heat, is a period of excessively hot weather, which may be accompanied by high humidity, especially in oceanic climate countries.

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Neither Plants nor Animals, These Ocean Organisms Protect Their Ecosystems against Heat Waves

Heat waves cause more illness and death in U.S. cities with fewer trees

Heat Waves in the Ground Are Getting More Extreme—and Perilous

Classifying Heat Waves Will Help People Better Understand Their Dangers

Farmers Are Breeding Cows to Withstand Heat Waves

Current Climate: Facing A Summer Of Heat Waves And Hurricanes

Heat Waves Are Unleashing a Deadly but Overlooked Pollutant

Tracking Marine Heat Waves

Heat Waves Are Breaking Records. Here's What You Need to Know

Heat Waves Fueled by Climate Change Topple Records around the Globe

Future Heat Waves Are Coming, And These Countries Are Most at Risk

Deep Trouble: New Study Reveals Marine Heat Waves Reach the Ocean Floor

Drought, heat waves worsen West Coast air pollution inequality

Deep Impact: Heat Waves Happen at the Bottom of the Ocean Too

Marine heat waves could wipe out all common sea stars by 2100

Spring sunny heat waves caused record snow melt in 2021, adding to severe water supply impacts across the Western US

Climate Change-Driven Heat Waves Have Cost the World Trillions

Heat Waves Driven By Climate Change Have Cost The World $16 Trillion Since The 90s

Heat waves in U.S. rivers are on the rise. Here’s why that’s a problem

Europe’s Heat Waves Offer a Grim Vision of the Future