A severe winter storm in January 2026, impacting the U.S. from Texas to New England, highlights the dynamic role of the stratospheric polar vortex. Despite global warming, intense winter storms ...

There are strong upper-level winds rotating around the North Pole that normally keep all cold air contained, but in the ...

Deep in Earth's ancient oceans, scientists have unearthed 97-million-year-old giant magnetofossils harboring an internal ...

Each time a whiteout blizzard buries highways or a “Storm of the Century” knocks out power to hundreds of thousands of homes, ...

The sudden blast may come as a shock to many Americans after a mostly mild start to winter, but that warmth may be partly ...

Rising Arctic temperatures and melting sea ice could be causing cold air to flow into the Northern Hemisphere. But not all ...

You may have also heard a bunch of novel terms being thrown around to warn you about what’s coming, particularly on social ...

Water, salt, and heat all get mixed within eddies with important climate consequences, but the boundary of an eddy is hard to ...

Schools are closing or operating remotely and warming shelters are opening their doors as temperatures in Northwest Indiana are expected to plunge into the negative single digits Friday and wind ...

A warming Arctic set the stage for a massive winter storm expected to stretch 2,000 miles across the Eastern U.S. this ...

The frigid temperatures, massive snow and deadly ice storm occurring east of the Rockies might seem to conflict with life on a rapidly warming planet. But all of these things still happen, even with ...

The meteorologists said the polar vortex system is set up due north of Michigan over Canada's Hudson Bay. It's at least ...