Microbes across Earth's coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating ...

The west half of the country, including the Midwest, will start to warm up. But that won't be the case for the East Coast.

The polar vortex is an extensive area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both the Earth's poles, weakening in summer and strengthening in winter. The term "vortex" refers to how the air flows ...

A powerful geomagnetic storm triggered by a fast coronal mass ejection from the Sun produced rare red aurora over Hanle, ...

Exhaust from lunar landers drifts across the moon and contaminates ultra-cold polar craters that are rich in ancient ice and ...

Already recognized for its excellence and even adopted for operational weather forecasting, the European Space Agency's Arctic Weather Satellite has now fulfilled its most important role. This small ...

Science in the Arctic — and Greenland — is on the frontline of pressing challenges facing humanity, like climate change and ...

Jupiter and Saturn host strikingly different polar storms, despite being similar giant planets, and scientists have long wondered why. New simulations suggest the answer may lie deep below the clouds.

Winter of 2026 has been a warning about how extreme weather is becoming a common theme of our lives, be it blistering heat, deep cold, or record snow. It's a reminder that the atmosphere is responding ...

SpaceX has successfully launched 25 Starlink satellites into polar orbit, marking another step in the expansion of its global satellite internet ...

Apart from global atmospheric conditions, scientists say the weather could also be a result of changing conditions as far as ...