Florida summers are always hot, but the last week or so has been particularly balmy in the Sunshine State, with all but one Florida county under heat advisories on Thursday, July 31. Many recent ...

JEA customers broke summertime electricity consumption records two days in a row due to extreme heat. The new record surpasses the previous one set in August 2007, reaching 2,980 MW. JEA suggests ...

For the first time, scientists have quantified the causal links between worsening heat waves and global warming pollution from individual fossil fuel and cement companies, pushing the boundaries of ...

It might feel unseasonably hot where you are right now. That's thanks in part to a heat wave in the Pacific Ocean.

Fifty-five heat waves over the past quarter-century would not have happened without human-caused climate change, according to a study published Wednesday. Planet-warming emissions from 180 major ...

A "heat dome," similar to a heat wave, is a high-pressure system trapping hot air and causing prolonged high temperatures. Heat domes differ from heat waves in their duration and the stagnant nature ...

JEA customers set a record this week for summertime electric consumption and then promptly broke that record the next day as they revved up their air conditioning in the face of sweltering weather.