These severe cold events occur when the polar jet stream – the familiar jet stream of winter that runs along the boundary between Arctic and more temperate air – dips deeply southward, bringing the ...

Researchers at iC3 have found a way to improve records of past high latitude ocean change using tiny plankton shells called ...

"During the Late Cretaceous, atmospheric CO2 levels reached about 1,000 parts per million — comparable to projections for the end of this century." ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The new year brings a wave of cold temperatures to much of the country, including Connecticut. A polar vortex, which is a large ...

Their icy hunting grounds are rapidly shrinking, but polar bears in Norway's remote Svalbard archipelago have defied the odds by bulking up instead of wasting away, a study said Thursday. Warm Arctic ...

Winter weather forecasts use specific terms that can be confusing to the general public. The "feels like" temperature and wind chill describe how weather conditions feel to the human body. Bundle up, ...

Rapid changes in climate in the polar regions are causing observable ecological impacts of various types and degrees of severity at all ecosystem levels. Even larger changes and more significant ...

A second bout of severe winter weather pummeled the central United States on Friday with freezing temperatures and icy conditions. It arrived just days after a massive winter storm, traveling from ...

Rapid changes in climate in the polar regions are causing observable ecological impacts of various types and degrees of severity at all ecosystem levels. Even larger changes and more significant ...