Title image: The dry valleys of Antarctica form the coldest, driest, and windiest ecosystems known. (Credit: Michael Gooseff/CU Boulder) Summer 2024 is on track to be the hottest on record for ...

Scientists have unveiled a remarkable discovery beneath the Arctic ice, revealing a hidden ecosystem thriving in one of the planet’s most inhospitable environments. This groundbreaking find, announced ...

Eight years into living in Longyearbyen, on the Norwegian archipelago of Svalbard, I embrace the seasonal plunge into total darkness Cecilia Blomdahl - Author of Life on Svalbard: Finding Home on a ...

There is a sudden warming about to happen high up in the atmosphere. This warming will affect the Polar Vortex. The Polar Vortex is a fast-spinning circular motion usually located about 50,000 feet in ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Harsh weather moved west on Monday as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend, ...

This striking satellite photo shows a quartet of near-identical glaciers perched between mountainous peaks on a barren island in the Canadian Arctic. The elongated ice masses, which are threatened by ...