Millions of Americans are under a sweltering heat dome as record high temperatures blast much of the eastern United States. But for some, the effects of triple-digit heat are worse than others.

As climate change accelerates, summer is only getting longer – and hotter. Though the extreme heat can be difficult for anyone to deal with, it seems that it can be particularly arduous for people ...

The results show that humidity makes heat much more dangerous for pregnant women and for child health later in life. People ...

Pregnancy can increase vulnerability to symptoms of climate change, such as extreme heat, which is proven to be linked to some pregnancy complications. “When a woman is pregnant, her blood volume ...

It's high summer in the Midwest and the corn is "sweating." The process, which despite its nickname does not involve any actual sweating in our sense of the word, is officially known as ...

Called "corn sweat," evapotranspiration is the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere, increasing humidity. While corn sweat contributes to humidity, large-scale weather ...