The polar regions offer some of the harshest and most dynamic ecosystems on Earth. These areas are defined by their extreme ...

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

The NFCA All-Region Teams were announced by the organization on Thursday afternoon, with Moriah Polar earning her first All-Region honor on the First Team, and Julia Gossett also earning her first on ...

In the stratosphere over Siberia, temperatures recently jumped nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit, shoving the polar vortex off its North Pole perch.

The popularity of polar travel is at an all-time high, with would-be adventurers keen on exploring the massive white expanse.

Learn how air bubbles trapped in ice have inspired a special code that can improve communication in the Arctic and Antarctica.

Additionally, a persistent decline in phytoplankton in equatorial regions could alter fisheries that many low- and middle-income nations, such as those in the Pacific Islands, rely on for food and ...

WMO has reaffirmed its longstanding commitment to polar science and international collaboration on the cryosphere at a time of rapid and fundamental changes in sea ice, glaciers and snow cover and ...

Recent studies have highlighted the frequent occurrence of sporadic-E (Es) layers—thin, localized zones of enhanced electron density—especially in high-latitude and polar regions. To address this, a ...

A small tilt in the spin axis of the moon over the ecliptic plane causes seasonal incidence variation of solar illumination and, especially, causes significant temperature difference at the polar ...

OSLO - Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja visited the main settlement on the strategically located Arctic archipelago of Svalbard on Monday, at a time of increased interest in the resource-rich ...