Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, ...

Sailing in winter above the Arctic Circle isn’t for the faint of heart. This expedition heads north through freezing waters to one of the most extreme destinations on the planet—the world’s ...

A natural remedy that has previously helped counter oil spills will be too slow to "do any useful work" if there's a spill in ...

Embark on a breathtaking voyage through Norway's icy fjords, where we sail alongside majestic orcas and humpback whales.

The Joint Pacific Multinational Readiness Center (JPMRC) — the U.S. Army’s newest combat training center (CTC) — is how the U ...

New research challenges the long-held belief that the Arctic Ocean was covered by a massive ice shelf during ice ages.

Stratospheric polar vortex changes still trigger brutal U.S. winter cold snaps and extreme weather despite a warming climate.

The research on black carbon needs to be updated as more becomes known about the aerosol, and that makes tracking wildfire ...

In the last few decades, Arctic sea ice has receded ever further, including increasingly in winter when the extent of sea ice is at its most prominent. One of the main drivers of this development ...

Ground slumping in yedoma permafrost after a wildfire, in the interior of Alaska. Yedoma permafrost generally contains large ...

Donald Niedekker’s “Strange and Perfect Account From the Permafrost” offers an ambitious view of human history and is full of ...

Every year, weather enthusiasts eagerly watch and wait for signs that the polar vortex, a mass of cold air spinning around the Arctic, might meander south, sending cold and snow into the lower ...