The polar regions are the coldest places on Earth. During the summer, the poles receive 24 hours of sunlight, but during the winter the sun is rarely visible. Animals that inhabit nature’s freezers ...

This prolonged fasting drains polar bears’ energy reserves, reducing their ability to reproduce and raise cubs. Without ...

When polar regions melt, the vaults are thrown open – “ancient water, carbon, and microbial life return to the surface to shape and change the world.” ...

Little wonder the poles can seem timeless, places of desolate beauty – tundra and rock in the north, and wind and ice in the ...

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Wildfire aerosols travel thousands of kilometers to the Arctic, influencing ice cloud formation at warmer temperatures.

Pineapple Express has drenched Northern California in the last few days—but what exactly is it? How common is it? Also, go ...

Some 60 million people are under weather alerts across 30 states. Seven of them have declared emergencies: Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, Kansas, Missouri, Kentucky and Arkansas ...

As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...