If you’re having trouble cooling off at night, it may be because you’re living on a “heat island.” RELATED: We hit rare number of 90-degree days The “urban heat island” effect is in full swing, ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Every day, the sun's heat and light reach urban, suburban and rural areas in the same way. Given identical weather conditions, the temperatures in these areas are often not the same.

A tree canopy can make a big difference in temperature for people on the street below. The challenge is getting trees where they're needed most. Andrey Denisyuk/Moment via Getty Images It’s summer, ...

PHOENIX — Extreme heat is the leading weather-related killer in the United States, with heat waves responsible for more deaths than other extreme weather events like tornadoes, flooding, or hurricanes ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — You may have noticed, especially during the warmer months, that downtown areas feel hotter compared to areas outside of the city. This can be true due to the urban heat island effect.

Cities having higher ambient temperatures than rural surroundings (known as the urban heat island effect) could offset some of the negative effects of increased heat-related mortality by reducing the ...

These cities will face extremely high temperatures in coming years, high enough to pose risk to human health and ...

The summer of 2025 has again been marked by several successive heatwaves, which have gripped large swathes of Europe. Nowhere are the effects of this extreme weather more intense than in the continent ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — As Columbia faces sweltering summer temperatures, city officials are working on a new initiative to reduce the effects of extreme heat in urban areas. The effort focuses on combatting ...

Monday’s Review-Journal included a long article on the increasing heat in Clark and Washoe counties. Pollsters at the Yale School of the Environment want to blame it on climate change. It does not ...