July was the hottest month ever in the Lower 48 States, breaking a record last set during the Dust Bowl – just another step in the escalation of our world into a hotter, more dangerous planet.

Geoff Williams' account of the deadly heat wave of 1936 includes one Kentucky city's efforts to arrest young women whose warm ...

The summer of 1936 saw a heat wave so dangerous at least five thousand people died. It also saw the popularization of a ...