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As Emily Waldorf languished in an Arkansas hospital, she felt like “a ticking time bomb”. It was 2024, and the physical therapist was in the midst…

A day of record-breaking heat looms for Victoria, with temperatures forecast to hit 49C in the Mallee and Melbourne facing its hottest day since Black Saturday…

The number of people living with extreme heat will more than double by 2050 if global heating reaches 2C, according to a new study that shows…

Large areas of north-eastern South Africa and neighbouring Mozambique have been inundated for several days with exceptionally heavy rainfall. Some locations in South Africa recorded hundreds…

The record-breaking 252mph winds of Hurricane Melissa that devastated Caribbean islands at the end of October were made five times more likely by the climate crisis.…

In April last year, more rain fell in Dubai in a single day than would normally be expected to fall in an entire year.Credit: Giuseppe Cacace/AFP…

November 12, 20253 min readClimate Action Is Slow—But It Will Still Curb Extreme HeatTen years after the Paris climate agreement, the limited progress we’ve made in…

Concert promoter OCESA announced the cancellation of shows planned for Oct. 31 and Nov. 4 Morrissey has canceled two concerts in Mexico. One was expected to…

October 28, 20253 min readHow Hurricane Melissa Became One of the Most Intense Atlantic Storms on RecordA nearly perfect alignment of factors has enabled Hurricane Melissa…

Among the autopsy reports that made my heart skip a beat was Hannah Rose Moody.One morning last May, the 31-year-old set out on a favourite desert…