When it comes to measuring global warming, humidity, not just heat, matters in generating dangerous climate extremes, a new study finds. Researchers say temperature by itself isn’t the best way to ...

To curb the effects of climate change, the Paris Agreement calls for limiting the rising temperature only 2 degrees Celsius, but a new study recommends even less. Scientists from the Chinese Academy ...

You may have heard me or anyone else on our team say something along the lines of, "drier air allows temperatures to fluctuate at a greater scale than humid air." But why exactly is that, and how can ...

Scientists have warned that climate change is sparking bizarre 'temperature flips' all around the world. Defined as 'sudden shifts from extremely warm to cold or vice versa', these intense events can ...

However, it’s not just high and low temperatures that matter. How many degrees the temperature swings within a day—the daily temperature variation—itself poses health risks. We mapped daily ...

Higher ambient temperatures significantly amplify physiological stress reactivity, affecting the HPA axis and autonomic nervous system activity. Physiological stress markers increased at warmer ...