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Extreme heat

A tennis player preparing to serve on a sunlit clay court, seen from above.

Heat slowed Grand Slam tennis and favored older players in a 26-year study of 13,081 men's matches

Oct 1, 2026

A pregnant woman leaning on a wooden railing outdoors among tropical plants.

Heat and pregnancy: risks of early birth and other problems rose from about 31 C, a review finds

Sep 29, 2026

A low sun blazing through haze over a city street lined with railings

Blood pressure read slightly lower on extreme heat days, across 4.2 million US clinic visits

Sep 22, 2026

A city skyline and hilltop observatory almost lost in thick gray haze

Heat and wildfire smoke together tracked more heart deaths than either alone

Sep 4, 2026