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 ...

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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 ...

The bears have not lost weight over the past 20 years in the Norwegian archipelago, despite the region's accelerating warming. Among the reasons: They hunt prey other than seals, such as reindeer and ...

These polar bears appear to be maintaining their physical health despite the loss of sea ice—their preferred hunting grounds ...

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.

A powerful geomagnetic storm triggered by a fast coronal mass ejection from the Sun produced rare red aurora over Hanle, Ladakh, on January 1920, captured by the Indian Astronomical Observatory.

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.

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