Heat waves can cause adverse health effects and even be fatal. How are people and cities preparing for a world with more extreme heat?

The more low-income housing nonprofits have to pay for insurance, the less they have leftover to build new units to ease the housing shortage.

Emissions worldwide hit a record high last year. But at the same time, more renewables have been coming on line.

The state Conservation Land Tax Credit gives private landowners up to $75,000 to cover some of what their land would be worth to developers and the cost of appraisals, surveys and legal fees. 

Warming ocean temperatures affect albacore tuna’s migratory patterns, and that’s made it more difficult for local fishermen to make a living catching them.

Many industries have to slow down, or shut down, when it’s too hot to work.

As people become more aware of living in vulnerable areas, home prices will gradually reflect that risk, says Tim Judge of Fannie Mae.

As climate change warms water, algae is killing fish and plants in U.S. lakes, including California’s Lake Elsinore. New tech could save them.

More than 400 workers died due to heat exposure between 2011 and 2021, according to federal records. Five states have created their own workplace heat safety rules, and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration is working on a new safety standard.

Higher global demand for the drink and climate change’s effect on supply are behind the upward trend.