Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Polar vortex has covered the Philadelphia region under a canopy of frigid temperatures, but many people may not realize what a ...

For the past three decades, glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker has been investigating polar regions — the fastest changing areas on Earth. By studying the Arctic and Antarctic, she and other scientists ...

Scientists have released the most detailed polar region terrain maps ever created. Credit: Polar Geospatial Center/University of Minnesota/Maxar/ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency A team of ...

The polar vortex is in its final month as the condition that kills it is now occurring. The polar vortex is a swirling vortex most often centered over the top of the globe and hovers over the north ...

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 ...

A newly released image from ESA’s Mars Express shows the north pole of Mars during the red planet’s summer solstice. All the carbon dioxide ice has gone, leaving just a bright cap of water ice. A ...

The extreme light environment of the Earth's polar regions fosters unique conditions that could play a crucial role in maintaining global biodiversity over time, a new study by Finnish researchers ...

Greenland, July 2008. The Arctic has already reached the 2 degrees Celsius warming milestone during some months of the year. (Eric Post/UC Davis) With 2019 on pace as one of the warmest years on ...

Many species will become extinct as a consequence of global warming. This is the prediction of a mathematical model. The simulations show that climate change will have a particularly large impact on ...

Under the Arctic sea ice, fish and plankton live in complete darkness, even in midsummer. Ice floes stop the sun's rays, ...

With 2019 on pace as one of the warmest years on record, a major new study from the University of California, Davis, reveals how rapidly the Arctic is warming and examines global consequences of ...