Climate change is fueling Trump's desire to tap into Canada's water and Arctic resources
Rising temperatures, a melting Arctic and increasing global water and resource scarcity are behind United States President Donald Trump's threats to make Canada the 51st American state.
The science behind Connecticut’s arctic blast: Polar vortex and radiational cooling
An Arctic blast that began in the northern plains on Saturday spread bitter cold from the Rockies through the East Coast and as far south as Florida by Tuesday morning. A blizzard warning was in effect for southern Louisiana, the furthest south such a warning has ever been posted.

Arctic air, Michigan and Massachusetts

Arctic air mass to impact southeast Michigan through Wednesday
How long will the Arctic surge last in Michigan? Likely through Wednesday
Mass. weather: Arctic air moves in as snowstorm departs Bay State

Arctic blast brings widespread snow, frigid temperatures

Arctic blast brings widespread snow, frigid temperatures across U.S., with 175 million under cold weather alerts
Heavy snow and frigid Arctic blast put 70 million across the US under winter storm warnings
Rare snow socks New Orleans as Arctic blast chills much of US
Bitter Arctic air plunged more than half the United States into a deep freeze Tuesday, including New Orleans, where the heaviest snow in decades brought dangerous conditions to the famously festive Gulf Coast city.
Polar vortex maps show where arctic blast is set to freeze the U.S. as far as the Deep South
A polar vortex dipping down from Siberia is bringing a cold front with frigid temperatures to millions Americans. See maps of the arctic blast.
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Unearthed ice may be the Arctic’s oldest buried glacier remnant
Thanks to climate change, thawing permafrost in the Canadian Arctic has revealed the buried remnant of a glacier that’s 770,000 years old.
Arctic blast sinks wind chills to dangerously cold zero to 15 below
A blast of Arctic air is bringing cold weather to New England over the next several days. Wind chill values in the mornings are going to be 0 to 15 below, with the coldest areas across the hillier terrain of Worcester County and the Berkshires.
First Alert as Arctic air remains in place with a slow warming trend ahead
WEEKEND: It will remain mostly sunny Saturday with highs reaching the low 40s. Clouds and a stray shower is possible Sunday with highs in the low 40s. Lows will be near freezing. NEXT WEEK: There’s a small chance of a few showers with highs in the 40s Monday. Highs will remain in the 40s through Wednesday with a partly to mostly cloudy sky.
Storm Team 11: Arctic air retreats with a warmer weekend ahead
Extreme cold Coldest morning of the week and of the winter season so far with widespread single digits. This arctic airmass begins to retreat today with warmer conditions this
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Arctic air retreats as temperatures get back to near seasonal averages
Arctic air will loosen its grip on the Weather First area heading into the second half of the week as temperatures are expected to get back to near the seasonal averages for late January.High temperatures on Wednesday will climb into the middle 20s.
After millennia as COâ‚‚ sink, more than one-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source
After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the planet, regional hotspots and increasingly frequent wildfires in the northern latitudes have nearly canceled out that critical storage capacity in the permafrost region,
Arctic cold continues with bitter overnight conditions
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