Heat | smithsonianmag.comhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/rss/tag/heat/RSS feed for HeatenThu, 05 Mar 2026 20:35:01 +0000Most Insect Species Call the Tropics Home. But Climate Change Is Pushing Many of the Critters There to Their Heat Limitshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/most-insect-species-call-the-tropics-home-but-climate-change-is-pushing-many-of-the-critters-there-to-their-heat-limits-180988304/Insects in the lowlands will have an especially hard time with rising temperatures, a new study suggestsThu, 05 Mar 2026 20:35:01 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/most-insect-species-call-the-tropics-home-but-climate-change-is-pushing-many-of-the-critters-there-to-their-heat-limits-180988304/Water Temperatures in Amazon Lakes Reached Hot Tub Levels in 2023, Killing Fish and Dolphinshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/water-temperatures-in-amazonian-lakes-hit-hot-tub-levels-killing-fish-and-dolphins-180987672/Brazil’s Lake Tefé reached 105.8 degrees Fahrenheit during the severe drought and heat waveMon, 10 Nov 2025 22:31:23 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/water-temperatures-in-amazonian-lakes-hit-hot-tub-levels-killing-fish-and-dolphins-180987672/The Skyline of Paris Is Filled With Zinc Rooftops. But Can They Survive Climate Change?https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-skyline-of-paris-is-filled-with-zinc-rooftops-but-can-they-survive-climate-change-180987619/Innovations are overdue, as the signature blue-gray metal roofs heat up in high temperatures, making living conditions in the apartments beneath them unbearableTue, 04 Nov 2025 14:16:51 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/the-skyline-of-paris-is-filled-with-zinc-rooftops-but-can-they-survive-climate-change-180987619/This 16-Year-Old Invented an A.I. Tool to Help Cool Down the World's Hottest Citieshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-16-year-old-invented-an-ai-tool-to-help-cool-down-the-worlds-hottest-cities-180987544/Isaque Carvalho Borges experiences the urban heat island effect in his home of Palmas, Brazil, and he wants to do something about itTue, 21 Oct 2025 16:56:25 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/this-16-year-old-invented-an-ai-tool-to-help-cool-down-the-worlds-hottest-cities-180987544/Physicists Superheated Gold to Hotter Than the Sun's Surface and Disproved a 40-Year-Old Ideahttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physicists-superheated-gold-to-hotter-than-the-suns-surface-and-disproved-a-40-year-old-idea-180987043/A thin piece of gold reached 33,740 degrees Fahrenheit, which is more than 14 times higher than its melting point, by being rapidly heated—and it didn't meltMon, 28 Jul 2025 21:01:52 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/physicists-superheated-gold-to-hotter-than-the-suns-surface-and-disproved-a-40-year-old-idea-180987043/Clownfish Shrink Down Their Bodies to Survive Ocean Heat Waves, New Study Suggestshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/clownfish-shrink-down-their-bodies-to-survive-ocean-heat-waves-new-study-suggests-180986676/The adaptation appears to help the fish cope with high temperatures, since individuals and breeding pairs that shrank improved their survival oddsThu, 22 May 2025 19:15:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/clownfish-shrink-down-their-bodies-to-survive-ocean-heat-waves-new-study-suggests-180986676/Climate Change Is Threatening Eye Health in Disturbing Wayshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/climate-change-is-threatening-eye-health-in-disturbing-ways-180986573/Cataracts, pinkeye and other ocular disorders are linked to heat, air pollution and higher UV exposureFri, 16 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/climate-change-is-threatening-eye-health-in-disturbing-ways-180986573/To Truly Experience These Five Cities, Wake Before Sunrisehttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/to-truly-experience-these-five-cities-wake-before-sunrise-180986619/Everyone focuses on a destination’s nightlife, but perhaps we should be more concerned with what its early morning hours have to offerWed, 14 May 2025 12:30:00 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/to-truly-experience-these-five-cities-wake-before-sunrise-180986619/Extreme Heat Could Make Older Adults Age Faster by Altering Their DNA, Study Findshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/extreme-heat-could-make-older-adults-age-faster-by-altering-their-dna-study-finds-180986176/Researchers compared genetic markers of aging to daily temperature records in areas across the United States and found that elderly people exposed to more hot days showed more rapid biological agingMon, 10 Mar 2025 18:42:27 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/extreme-heat-could-make-older-adults-age-faster-by-altering-their-dna-study-finds-180986176/Earth's Strongest Ocean Current Could Slow 20 Percent by 2050 Because of Climate Change, Study Findshttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earths-strongest-ocean-current-could-slow-20-percent-by-2050-because-of-climate-change-study-finds-180986149/The Antarctic Circumpolar Current is involved in everything from storing carbon to guarding Antarctica from invasive marine species, and a slower current could have far-reaching consequencesTue, 04 Mar 2025 17:57:32 +0000https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/earths-strongest-ocean-current-could-slow-20-percent-by-2050-because-of-climate-change-study-finds-180986149/