Long before concrete and steel arrived in the Philippines, Filipino communities had already worked out how to live comfortably in a hot, humid and flood-prone archipelago; they simply raised their hou...
People rest in the shade at the Great American State Fair, during an extreme heat wave (AP photo) A massive heat wave across eastern US pushed electricity demand close to record levels on Friday, prom...
A ‘prolonged, dangerous heatwave’ is sweeping across the central and eastern United States, just hours ahead of the Fourth of July holiday. The temperature is expected to go up to 105 degr...
Earth will reach its farthest point from the Sun on July 6, a yearly astronomical event known as aphelion. At around 152.1 million kilometres from the Sun, the planet will be about 5 million kilometre...
PARIS: The world’s oceans experienced their hottest June on record and could set fresh highs in the months ahead as El Nino and climate change drive temperatures even higher, scientists said Wednesday...
Sagarika Ghose to join CJP protest (PTI images) NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress (TMC) Rajya Sabha MP Sagarika Ghose has announced that she will join the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) protest at Jantar Ma...
India has commissioned a pilot hydrogen production facility that uses heat from a nuclear reactor, rather than conventional grid electricity, to generate clean hydrogen.The facility, set up by the Dep...
Noida, Greater Noida revise school timings for Classes 1 to 8 amid continuing heat School timings for students of Classes 1 to 8 have been revised across Noida and Greater Noida following persistent h...
File photo: Switzerland’s glaciers are on course to lose an enormous amount of ice this year Switzerland’s glaciers are on course to lose an enormous amount of ice this year as the ongoing...
Representative image (AP Photo) A historic heat wave sweeping across France has thrown this weekend’s Paris Diamond League meeting into uncertainty after police authorities requested the cancell...