Parts of South America are sweltering under abnormally hot temperatures – despite being in the depths of winter – as the combination of human-caused climate change and the arrival of El Niño ...

It’s the middle of winter in South America, but that hasn’t kept the heat away in Chile, Argentina and surrounding locations. Multiple spells of oddly hot weather have roasted the region in ...

The extreme heat is expected to continue across parts of South America well into this week, with the potential for more records to be broken. “More of the same – or worse – is unavoidable ...

For several weeks now, the Southern Hemisphere has been experiencing extraordinary temperature anomalies and a scorching start to spring. This phenomenon is particularly marked in South America.

This affects weather around the planet and often particularly does so in South America because of its proximity to the eastern Pacific. The current El Niño has been gaining steam and is expected ...

In 2015-2016, the result was exceptionally hot weather for South America. A similar event is underway now. Dr Bennett, from the School of Geography at Leeds, said: "Tropical forests in the Amazon ...

High temperatures reached the upper 80s and lower 90s near the southern tip of South America on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019. The distance from South America's southern tip to the northernmost tip of ...