A new report shows a sharp increase in peak electricity demand, leading to blackout concerns in multiple states. Here's how ...

(THE CONVERSATION) Heat domes, which can send temperatures soaring, occur when a persistent region of high pressure traps heat over a large area. A heat dome can linger for days to weeks, leaving the ...

Extreme heat is only becoming more common. In the United States, heat waves now occur three times as often as they did in the ...

In the 1960s, an unexpected gift from the Air Force led Herb Weiss ’40 to develop an antenna that could track a speeding ...

Nearly 160 million people are under heat alerts from eastern Texas to Maine, as temperatures are forecasted to be as much as ...

The intensifying and expansive heat wave affecting around 150 million people in the United States from Wisconsin to ...

Is climate change going to make heat domes worse? The answer, experts say, is a resounding yes. “I think that's one of the easier things to answer,” says Bill Gallus, professor of meteorology ...

More than 150 million Americans from Texas to Maine are under extreme heat advisories as dangerously high temperatures bake ...

Forecasters say a heat dome is scheduled to settle over parts of the Midwest and eastern U.S. this week, marking an ...

The first heat wave of the summer hit the Midwest earlier than usual this week, with a heat index forecast of up to 105 F, pushing many indoors to ...

Friday is the summer solstice and much of the U.S. is going to be baking in serious heat starting this weekend with a heat ...