Heatwave scorching US west ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, say scientists

"These temperatures are completely off the scale for March," said analysis co-author Ben Clarke, who is an extreme weather and climate change researcher at Imperial College London, in a statement… 

"These findings leave no room for doubt. Climate change is pushing weather into extremes that would have been unthinkable in a preindustrial world," said Friederike Otto, a climate science professor at Imperial College London, who also worked on the study.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/20/heatwave-us-west-climate-crisis

 

Blistering early-season heatwave threatens California and other western states

Records could be smashed in southern California as experts warn weather set to be 'exceptional – and not in a good way'…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/12/california-heatwave

 

More than 400 people suspected to have died from extreme heat in Arizona county

August is on track to be hottest on record, with temperatures hitting at least 110F (43C) nearly every day…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/death-toll-extreme-heat-arizona-county

 

Deadly Nordic heatwave supercharged by climate crisis, scientists say

The prolonged Nordic heatwave in July was supercharged by the climate crisis and shows "no country is safe from climate change", scientists say. 

Norway, Sweden and Finland have historically cool climates but were hit by soaring temperatures, including a record run of 22 days above 30C (86F) in Finland. Sweden endured 10 straight days of "tropical nights", when temperatures did not fall below 20C (68F)...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/14/nordic-heatwave-climate-crisis-sweden-norway-finland

 

Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe

"Unfortunately, it's to be expected," she said, adding that more than half of the 51 heatwaves in France since 1947 had occurred in the last 15 years. "Clearly, it's a sign that the climate is warming."

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/13/temperature-records-heatwave-europe-france-croatia-wildfires

 

A potent heat dome will send temperatures into the triple digits | CNN

A level 4-of-4 extreme heat risk — signaling rare, long-lasting heat with little overnight relief — is forecast early next week for parts of those regions, including St. Louis, Chicago, New York City and Washington, DC...

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/18/weather/eastern-us-heat-dome-climate

 

US woman brings first-ever wrongful death lawsuit against big oil | Seattle | The Guardian

Misti Leon argues fossil fuel companies' climate negligence caused her mother's death during a heatwave…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/29/oil-industry-wrongful-death-lawsuit 

 

Howler Monkeys Are Falling From Trees Amid Mexico’s Brutal Heat Wave - The New York Times

"In general, howler monkeys are very resilient to those conditions and can survive for long periods of time," said Liliana Cortés Ortiz, a primatologist at the University of Michigan and the vice chair of the primate specialist group at the International Union for Conservation of Nature...

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/climate/howler-monkeys-mexico-heat.html

Climate change: Spain breaks record temperature for April - BBC News

Many farmers are experiencing difficulties due to the ongoing lack of rain, with the government in Madrid asking the European Union for financial help. 

Some landowners say they won't plant crops due to the dry conditions, which could have implications for food supplies across Europe. 

This heatwave in Spain is not an isolated event - all across the world high temperatures in the first few months of this year have shattered records…

https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-65403381

China's 70-day heat streak is unprecedented globally

The extreme heat and drought that has been roasting a vast swath of southern China for at least 70 straight days has no parallel in modern record-keeping in China, or elsewhere around the world for that matter…

https://www.axios.com/2022/08/22/china-heat-wave-drought-unprecedented

Drought threatens 60% of European Union, U.K amid heat wave

France, Spain, Italy and the Netherlands are facing water shortages and riverbeds are drying out across Europe. Dry conditions are severely affecting energy production, agriculture and river transportation...

https://www.axios.com/2022/08/10/drought-european-union-uk-threat-heat-climate-crisis

Canadian inferno: northern heat exceeds worst-case climate models

…In Lytton, the Canadian national heat record was broken on Monday, smashed on Tuesday and then obliterated on Wednesday when the local monitoring station registered 49.6C (121F)...

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/jul/02/canadian-inferno-northern-heat-exceeds-worst-case-climate-models

As record heat scorches western Russia and central Canada, climate alarm bells ring - The Washington Post

It's only May, and temperatures near the Arctic Circle in northwestern Russia are approaching 90 degrees. In Moscow, temperatures have shattered records on consecutive days...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2021/05/20/record-heat-russia-canada-climate-change/