Heat Waves

Arctic ice north of Greenland that normally remains frozen even during the summer has opened up.

• By Kate Wheeling

This July in California's Death Valley National Park will mark the hottest month ever measured in human history.

• By Jack Herrera

Some of the poorest people in the U.S. end up spending more than 50 percent of their income on energy over the course of the year.

• By Sophie Yeo

Sea-level rise is often a primary concern for communities coping with climate change, but in Long Beach the government is worried more about the heat.

• By Lucy Sherriff

As dry conditions become the new normal, California could become a perpetual tinderbox.

• By Kate Wheeling

By the end of the century, deadly heat waves could become an annual occurrence in South Asia.

• By Kate Wheeling

Late-spring warmth encircled the Northern Hemisphere, with records on every continent.

• By Bob Berwyn

Planes are grounded, tap water comes out hot, and we'd all better get used to it.

• By Eric Holthaus

• By Pacific Standard Staff