Summer

Last month was Earth's hottest June on record. Temperatures soared up to 115 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of Europe—and July is off to its own record-shattering start.

Tourists sunbathe on the terrace of an hotel with the Sagrada Familia in the background in Barcelona, Spain, on September 5th, 2017.

A man and a boy wash and cool off their dog with the water of an opened fire hydrant.

Summertime means shorter sleeves, higher skirts, and louder catcalls.

As hotter summers become more deadly, warmer winters won't bring respite, according to new research.

With painted Volkswagen buses, talk of “free love,” and other reminders of the Woodstock era replaced by advertising and corporate sponsorships, hippie culture may be dying, but a new subculture—a sort of purgatory between hipster and hippie—is on the rise.

When it comes to migration, it's all about economics and proximity.

Forget the argument about a calendar built around an agrarian economy. It was urbanization that created summer as we know it—and now we can't imagine doing anything else.