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Ocean surface temperatures hit a record high for June

World Cup matches played in potentially dangerous heat as players’ union makes climate warning

Labour MPs tell Burnham to ignore ‘deluded’ calls for more North Sea drilling

Delhi plans to ban petrol rickshaws and scooters in effort to cut toxic fumes

NSW’s deadly one-in-100-years floods could have been slashed by two metres using dams, CSIRO finds

‘Is there a way out of this mess?’: Your questions answered on Europe’s week of hellish heat

Cost to rewire Great Britain’s electricity network could reach £90bn in 2030s

Australia’s next summer isn’t guaranteed to be the hottest yet – but it’s looking likely | Milton Speer and Lance M Leslie

🌎 Taking the temperature at LCAW #302

Dangerous temperatures forecast for parts of Europe as heatwave moves east

‘Literally growing the future’: volunteers help save Scottish rainforest by collecting 11m seeds

Trump administration targets California coastal agency in escalation of energy production fight

Tiny Antarctic sea creature could be key to treating melanoma, researchers say

Five Americans die every hour from toxic vehicle emissions, study finds

Monday briefing: Will the heatwave spark action, or further inflame the culture wars?

Not just for rich people: the progressive case for air conditioning | Phineas Harper

Heatwave and high humidity to blast much of US: ‘impactful to anyone’

Body of boy, 15, recovered from Manchester reservoir amid UK heatwave

Germany, Czechia, Poland and Hungary swelter through hottest days on record

Ed Miliband as chancellor would benefit every part of the UK – and the bond markets | Josh Ryan-Collins

Rising cost of insuring against climate crisis will have wider knock-on effects for UK economy | Heather Stewart

NSW beaches to get dawn-to-dusk drone patrols in $34m anti-shark program

Germany and Italy swelter in heatwave as records tumble across Europe

Appeals court rejects Trump EPA bid to abandon rule restricting deadly soot pollution

Europe heatwave: drought fears in Italy as records tumble around Europe – as it happened

Parents booking air-conditioned hotels to keep babies safe in UK heatwave

Snow and ice on Swiss glaciers melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says

Call for inquiry into Alligator Alcatraz’s ‘abuse of Everglades’ despite closure

Fourth toddler dies in France as Europe’s brutal heatwave forecast to shift east

Judge declares mistrial in arson case against man accused of sparking Palisades fire

Martin Rowson on the UK’s record-breaking June temperatures – cartoon

Climate sceptics cheering as they melt in record temperatures? This heatwave is where satire has come to die | Jonathan Freedland

‘We feel like the peasants’: women and low-income families bear brunt of heatwave

Why is alcohol dangerous in a heatwave, and should I cut it out completely?

UK June heat record broken for third day in a row as ministers urged to act

Spain's military firefighters battle wildfire in Huesca province – video

Rotisserie chickens in the trash: I worked in a supermarket and saw shocking food waste every day | Ann Larson

In pictures: a San Antonio land bridge designed for wildlife and people

California’s landmark anti-plastics law sparks anger as 17 states move to sue

‘Chock full of incredible animals’: marine expedition uncovers 31 new species in two weeks

Great Britain’s grid operator warns again over power supplies in heatwave

First hydropower projects in Great Britain in 40 years given go-ahead

Park to protect 12,000 koalas to go ahead via contentious carbon credit deal by Albanese government

Hot stuff: players and fans have to adjust to sport’s new normal and sweat it out | Emma John

‘Slough is like an experiment’: Europe’s largest datacentre hub leaves town sweltering

Week in wildlife: paddling deer, a spring-loaded penguin and a rare sand cat

A little bird told her: scientist wins $100,000 prize for decoding birdsong

UK June heat record broken again, France postpones Pride and Poland warns of wildfires as heatwave grips Europe – as it happened

Migrating swifts loyally return every year to nests in buildings, study finds

Too hot for work: why extreme heat is a threat to Europe’s productivity