The Chicago area is bracing for extreme heat and humidity in the coming days, and experts said it could become more common with changing weather patterns. A Chicago doctor said extreme humidity ...

Factors as far away as the Caribbean Sea and as nearby as the cornfields of Iowa can bring on that muggy, sticky feeling. For people with certain health conditions, it’s more than an annoyance. Joy ...

Humidity is an extremely important parameter in the protection of cultural heritage. Despite this its climatology has not been frequently studied. A range of instruments have been available for many ...

Across much of the world, hotter days are no longer arriving alone. The air itself is changing, sometimes turning from dry oven to steam bath, other times drying out even as thermometers climb. As ...

Has this summer been muggier than usual? For nearly two-thirds of the country, the answer is yes. Tens of millions of Americans in the central and eastern United States have suffered from an ...

In summer, the upper North Island is much more used to background humidity. In Auckland, for instance, the dew point ...

Humid environments present some of the most complex challenges in architectural design. From the tropical monsoon season of Southeast Asia to the equatorial heat of Central Africa, these environments ...

Not only are Iowans sweating in this heat, but the corn stalks are too. High temperatures are expected to be in the high 80s to low 90s in Des Moines this week. Some areas in the northwestern and ...

Millions of children risk experiencing stunted growth if heat-trapping emissions continue to bake the planet. The dangers of extreme heat are already well established, with the World Health ...