… asked no one living in our scorch-and-sizzle places. Not until the 1950s and ‘60s, anyway, by which time air conditioning altered our lives and living spaces almost as much as electric light and ...

When did indoor air become cold and clean? Air conditioning is one of those inventions that have become so ubiquitous that many in the developed world don’t even realize that less than a century ago, ...

Welcome to Heat Week. From July 1 until July 5, Chron is looking at how heat has defined our lives in Houston and Texas—the good, the bad and the sweaty. It's ubiquitous now, but there was a time when ...

Record sustained high temperatures this summer across Europe, the United States and other parts of the world have brought into focus both the benefits and challenges of a global society increasingly ...