Enviro.News

Temperature records have been broken in several European countries this week.

Heat domes happen all over the world, and the one over Europe this week is locking in days of near-record highs across Britain, Spain and France.

Heat-related deaths and disruptions to daily life are forcing politicians to reckon, in different ways, with a rapidly warming planet.

Parts of Spain, France and other countries are seeing slight relief, but the record-breaking heat wave is far from over.

For the Bachman’s sparrow, whether a song is passed to the next generation could depend, in part, on the wind and trees.

A scientific analysis concluded that such high temperatures, across so much of the continent, would “not have been possible” without global warming.

Critical conditions are expected through the weekend across Utah, Arizona, Nevada and elsewhere.

The extreme heat smothering Europe has upended Climate Week in London.

The sweeping legislation, fully enacted last month, has been challenged by Republican-led states. Environmental groups have their own complaints.

The government is teaming up with Colossal Biosciences, a private company that claims to have revived extinct dire wolves, to store samples from at-risk animals and plants.

The settlement addresses the dumping of PFAS “forever chemicals,” which have been linked to cancer and other risks, by Chemours in several states.

The continent’s second heat wave since May continued to disrupt daily life for millions. Officials in Spain said it might have contributed to a spike in deaths.

Residents and summer travelers alike are searching for ways to stay safe and cool as the continent swelters amid a heat wave. Here are some tips.

Scorching temperatures have disrupted daily life in Britain this week, including events that centered on battling high temperatures.

An ancient dietary change made the manakin’s flashy courtship display possible, a new study suggests.

Powerful winds are carrying dust from Africa as far as southern England, as a heat dome keeps temperatures rising.

Crowds are filling the Canal Saint-Martin in Paris, as temperatures soar above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Forty people drowned while swimming in other waterways.

Global warming is causing extreme heat around the world. Now El Niño, a natural phenomenon that disrupts global weather patterns, is also at work.

More than a dozen countries have issued urgent heat warnings. France saw its highest average temperature ever on Tuesday.