Heat disrupts summer travel and routines
This summer's widespread heat waves, driven by burning of oil, gas and coal and a supersized El Niño, have pushed temperatures and extreme weather across many regions, from near 40°C in parts of western Europe to NOAA's hottest contiguous-US month in July. Globally 2026 is already among the hottest years on record and could become the hottest by year end. The heat is changing behavior — altering travel plans, shifting work hours, prompting advisories and raising electricity bills — while revealing unequal access to cooling and increasing immediate health and infrastructure risks.
Extreme heat is changing summer behavior and raising health and energy risks
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Heat waves have come more often this year. Scientists link the heat to human-caused…
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