Documents from the 1950s and 1960s show how the Pentagon poured support into climate and cold-region research to boost the ...

It’s really, really cold again – as the US shivers through at least the eighth blast of air from the Arctic this winter. Here ...

The polar vortex’s icy grip on much of America has Arctic Greenland seeming like a toasty vacation spot by comparison.

How is climate change affecting polar regions? Climate change is amplified in the polar regions. The northern and southern reaches of the planet are warming faster than any area on Earth, with the ...

The findings from Europe’s Copernicus Climate Change Service involve the third warmest February on record for the planet.

Standing at the top of a mountain in Antarctica can change the way we see the world. The more we look, we find that polar regions reveal how dramatically our planet can change and, at the same time, ...

Harsh weather moved west on Monday as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least 10 people ...

A polar vortex collapse is expected over the next two weeks, causing extreme winter weather and travel disruption across North America. The weather phenomenon is expected to develop in mid-March, ...

Scientists have now quantified how much climate change has drastically reduced the number of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson Bay, the most studied group of polar bears in the world.

Whether or not it’s connected to climate change, the pattern is still rearing its head this winter and it’s working in tandem with the polar vortex. The jet stream and frigid air just could ...

according to the European climate service Copernicus. Computer forecast models say that the polar vortex is likely to stretch again, sending cold air south somewhere and probably to the United ...