Extreme heat is one of the deadliest climate risks increasingly affecting the lives of urban residents in cities across the ...

Cities swelter in heatwaves - they heat up faster and stay hotter. But Australia has few strategies to cool them. Here’s how we could shift from laggard to leader.

January 2026 has been unusually hot across Kenya, leaving many Kenyans questioning whether the country is experiencing a heat wave or its normal hot season.

A new study using Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) has revealed land-use change—particularly deforestation and unplanned agricultural expansion—is dramatically intensifying heat waves across ...

The vineyards of Stellenbosch and Franschhoek are lush, and if you head for some beach time at Clifton and Camps Bay you’ll ...

South Africa's most profitable bank believes the country would be able to achieve its 3.5% GDP growth target by 2030. FirstRand CEO Mary Vilakazi spoke to Bloomberg's Joumanna Bercetche on the ...

Abstract: The urban heat island (UHI) effect poses critical challenges to urban sustainability, yet the driving mechanisms of the daytime and nighttime surface urban heat island intensity (SUHII) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The EPA says urban heat islands exist in downtown areas and are often a few degrees warmer than rural areas or places near bodies ...

The EPA says urban heat islands exist in downtown areas and are often a few degrees warmer than rural areas or places near bodies of water Body of Canadian woman, 19, found surrounded by dingoes on ...

Abstract: This study investigates the spatio-temporal dynamics of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) phenomenon in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, from January 2023 to January 2024, utilizing Landsat 8 ...

Sydney has officially been crowned the hottest place on the planet at the moment, as a heatwave last weekend sent temperatures to a staggering 43.5C. The iconic Australian city, a perennial favourite ...

Vantor imagery showing Antelope Reef before (left) and after (right) the beginning of dredging and land reclamation. (Satellite image © 2026 Vantor/© 2026 Janes ...