When it comes to heat, Earth doesn’t hold back. From deserts that radiate scorching energy to cities where summer feels like an endurance test, the hottest places on the planet push the boundaries of ...

Our species likes it cold. Homo sapiens evolved in — and still inhabits — one of Earth’s rare and fragile ice ages, periods distinguished not by an abundance of saber-toothed cats and woolly mammoths ...

The third-hottest month ever seen on Earth in July 2025 highlights the ever-intensifying race of climate change, despite the world dealing with a temporary hiatus in the streak of monthly temperature ...

BRUSSELS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Last month was Earth's third warmest July since records began and included a record national temperature in Turkey of 50.5 degrees Celsius (122.9 Fahrenheit), scientists ...

Scientists question Death Valley's 134°F world temperature record from 1913, with new research suggesting the famous reading was inflated by 14 degrees ...