Working a day on the firelines as a wildland firefighter can require the endurance of riding the Tour de France. That takes a toll, as a physiologist explains.

Wildland firefighters need the endurance of a cyclist in the Tour de France, and the work takes a toll on their bodies. A physiologist explains what’s at stake.

You can’t bring your AC to space, unfortunately, but innovative flow boiling and condensation research might lead to lighter, more efficient heating and cooling on spacecraft.

There’s nothing normal about the blast furnace heat much of the world has been experiencing, as an atmospheric scientist explains.

There’s nothing normal about the blast furnace heat much of the world has been experiencing, as an atmospheric scientist explains.

A cross-departmental team is leading efforts to utilize machine learning for increased efficiency in heating and cooling MIT’s buildings.

People aren’t the only ones harmed by heat waves. The hotter it gets, the harder it is for machines to keep their cool.

Heatwaves are happening more often and are becoming more deadly, a new study shows.

Even ‘climate havens’ face a riskier future, and infrastructure often isn’t built to handle climate change. But there are steps cities can take to prepare.

Forecasters warned of ‘potentially historic rainfall’ and ‘dangerous to locally catastrophic flooding.’ A hurricane scientist explains what El Niño, a heat dome and mountains have to do with the risk.