The polar vortex is a massive, swirling band of cold air that normally traps frigid temperatures around the Arctic. However, recent scientific studies show this vortex is weakening, which could ...

Obviously this isn't the first polar vortex episode of the winter, but it looks to be the most severe." FILE - A person walks along the shore of ice covered Lake Michigan, Feb. 13, 2025, in ...

The polar vortex usually keeps cold Arctic air confined above the North Pole, but experts believe it is starting to shift and ...

Much of the U.S. is being blasted by ice, snow and wind, as the polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend is maintaining its frigid grip.

The polar regions drive global climate, environmental dynamics and even human evolution — and have done so for millions of years. This helps to explain why the poles are so crucial to policy ...

The Fram2 mission is named after the Fram ship that was the first to reach Earth’s polar regions in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The quartet became the first humans to ever orbit the planet ...

The view of Worcester’s Polar Park from The Cove’s third-floor lounge on May 12, 2025. (Sophia Harris/for MassLive) Having only moved in on March 1, Robinson is still settling in, ...

Bone-chilling viral video shows the moment a Chinese paraglider almost froze to death after he was apparently sucked into the clouds -- leaving him stranded roughly 5 miles off the ground and ...

It’s 2014, and the polar vortex is already wreaking havoc with the year’s salt budget, as local reporter Bill Agrigento writes about in the newspaper. Basil and Peter’s boss, ...

The Canadian province of Manitoba has declared a state of emergency over a series of wildfires and heavy smoke from those fires could move into the Chicago area beginning Friday afternoon.