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Scott Detrow speaks with extreme weather researcher Theodore Keeping about Europe's hottest heatwave. With over 1,000 deaths in France alone, lives depend on the EU's response to rising temperatures.

Europe's deadly, record-breaking heatwave is pushing east, bringing extreme temperatures from Rome to Ukraine.

A historically dry winter in many Western states has ranchers facing tough choices.

Dangerous heat is expected across large swaths of the U.S. this week, according to the National Weather Service.

Firefighters working on the nation's largest current wildfire, burning in southern Utah, are being challenged by historic weather conditions. Extreme wildfire behavior is expected to continue through the weekend.

Former NOAA staffers have launched a new website that provides climate information. It replaces a government site that was shut down when the Trump administration took office.

On the waterfront in Lucerne, Switzerland, soccer fans watched jumbo TVs showing a World Cup match played an ocean away. But the air felt more like the tropics.

NPR's Michel Martin speaks with Jennifer Francis, senior scientist at the Massachusetts-based Woodwell Climate Research Center, about the impact of Europe's heat wave and its links to climate change.

Europe is facing another major heatwave, with temperatures in some areas expected to exceed 104°F, challenging June records.

Peru's capital, Lima, is sweltering, with unusually warm winter sunshine and ocean waters. Scientists warn that a record-breaking "Godzilla" El Niño may be forming, driven by climate change.