Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the ...

Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, ...

Stratospheric polar vortex changes still trigger brutal U.S. winter cold snaps and extreme weather despite a warming climate.

Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S.—and this study explains why. Researchers found that two specific ...

An international research group has found that extreme cold snaps in the United States are driven by disruptions in a high-altitude Arctic air mass called the polar vortex, Hebrew University of ...

Arctic amplification is the intense warming in the Arctic. Greenhouse gases raise air temperatures, melting sea ice and thawing permafrost and initiating a feedback loop accelerating climate change.

The following is the July 2, 2025, Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for ...

The research on black carbon needs to be updated as more becomes known about the aerosol, and that makes tracking wildfire ...

A cultural burn in Fort Yukon, Alaska in May 2024. The wildland fire community, along with governments, policy makers, and ...

And they're off! Jimmy Graham's four-person rowing team has started their ambitious 10-day Arctic Challenge. Will the Saints ...

Different governments have taken different approaches to this competition. Norway is trying to replace immigrants with the ...

A warmer world is expected to bring more thunderstorms, especially at higher latitudes. Scientists are now reporting a ...