At the most northerly tip of the UK, looking north from the island of Muckle Flugga, Shetland, the cold wind whips up the sea ...

How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S. Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the ...

Arctic wildlife is changing in ways that scientists like us don’t yet fully understand. Better protection for these species is urgently needed. Establishing a new North Pole marine reserve where ...

In the 1990s, a single moratorium announcement wiped out an entire industry, leaving 37,000 people unemployed overnight. The ...

These severe cold events occur when the polar jet stream – the familiar jet stream of winter that runs along the boundary ...

Can they? What does it take to prepare for an arctic expedition? Where precisely is the North Pole? What kind of animals live there? What do you do if you’re face to face with a polar bear?

The polar vortex is always around. It is a channel of strong winds high up in the atmosphere that circles the poles. One over ...

The polar vortex, a band of strong winds that circles the North Pole, will send a blast of arctic air to Texas. The good news is the center of the polar vortex is staying in Canada. It is not coming ...

The second largest desert in the world is the Arctic Desert, covering approximately 13.9 million square kilometres (5.4 million square miles). This polar desert ... it lies in North Africa.