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The national meteorologic service for the UK warns extreme heat and rainfalls will pose increasing challenges to health, infrastructure and services

The funding will be shared by organisations helping parts of Africa swept by heatwaves, droughts and floods

Water demand in some parts of the UK has reached a ten-year high, threatening to leave customers without supply

In the last five years, the earth has experienced the three hottest Julys on record, according to a report by the European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service

The unusual temperature was 0.4°C above the old record on 16th July 1979

The temperature hit a record of 38°C in the Russian Arctic town of Verkhoyansk with a previous air temperature record of 37.3°C observed on 25th July 1988

Scientists say huge numbers of common murres died at sea and washed ashore from California to Alaska

A temperature of 38.7°C was recorded at Cambridge University Botanic Garden on Thursday, 25th July

With air conditioning use rising in offices and homes throughout Europe how do our energy systems keep up with increased demand?

Researchers at the Australian Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne say developing nations and island states are likely to be the worst affected