The blast of cold that fueled record snowfall across Gulf Coast beaches last week was just the latest to transport frigid air that normally swirls above the North Pole to places much farther south — a ...

The stratosphere is a powerful place. Perhaps the most influential guitar ever devised is even named after this lofty layer in the atmosphere, which exists between some 10 to 30 miles up in the sky.

In yet another sign that winter weather is either here or will be soon, the dreaded polar vortex is making news yet again. Its potential arrival in the United States over the next few weeks is cause ...

“Polar vortex” sounds cool. It’s like “bomb cyclone” or “firenado.” It seems like the sort of phenomenon that would be responsible for the record-breaking blast of cold, snow and wintry conditions ...