Southern Europeans braced Saturday for their first heatwave of the northern hemisphere summer, as climate change pushes ...

Scientists continue to warn that the burning of fossil fuels is driving global warming, leading to more frequent and intense ...

With residents of the southern French port city of Marseille expected to have to cope with temperatures flirting with 40C, ...

Wildfires have ripped through Greece as Europe is braced for extreme temperatures of up to 40C in some popular holiday hotspots.Rome and Madrid set to hit almost 40C on Saturday and warnings are in ...

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Southern Europe struggles with soaring heat as temperatures hit 40C, sparking fears of wildfires and health risks.

As climate change drives the thermometers on the world's fastest-warming continent further into the red zone, sweating ...

The mercury is set to rise to 36C on Monday in parts of the UK in what could be the hottest June day in record and the highest temperature in nearly three years.

The Met Office warns temperatures could be 10C above average across swathes of Europe as the summer holidays get underway ...

Underwater archaeologists found a Roman breakwater made from recycled architectural fragments off the coast of Bacoli in southern Italy.

By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.