This blast of cold weather is due to activity of the polar vortex.

"Arctic research will remain in limbo as long as current geopolitical tensions between Russia and other Arctic Council member ...

Antarctica's Filchner-Ronne Ice Shelf may be under threat due to relatively warm water from the deep sea flowing towards the ...

Snow and ice across the U.S. South are expected to relinquish their grip only slowly as the weekend continues. Major airports ...

The polar vortex that dipped south over the weekend kept much of the country east of the Rockies in its frigid grip Monday, ...

On Mars, spring explodes into action with violent transformations. Frost avalanches, carbon dioxide gas geysers, and powerful winds reshape its surface, leaving behind stunning patterns like swirling ...

A quick-acting neighbor and rescue teams from the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office and Addison Township Fire Department rescued a man and his grandson after they fell through the ice while ice ...

An adventurer from Derby is looking to become the first woman to ski solo and unsupported to the North Pole. Preet Chandi ... to the Arctic I will be on sea ice - which means it's moving.

The gigantic frozen Ice Castles will return to North Woodstock, N.H. this winter, complete with slides, tunnels, thrones, and caverns. This week, ice artisans will begin harvesting and placing up ...

The rink she loves and works to maintain is melting away. Mays ... It can take a toll on business. "Ice skating is part of our fabric — our moral fabric," said Bart Pierce of Bloomington's ...

While the geographic North Pole remains fixed in place (at the very top of the Earth's rotation axis), the world magnetic model accurately marks the magnetic North Pole, where the Earth's magnetic ...

A former British Army officer from Derby is attempting to become the first woman to hike solo to the North Pole in an ... of winter when the ice in the region begins to melt and move.