Sudden stratospheric warming occurs when temperatures - typically miles above Earth’s surface - rise dramatically over a ...

Imagine waking up one morning to find your compass pointing in a completely different direction than the day before. That's ...

Over the next 10 days, scientists say, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather patterns and set the stage for a cold, snowy December across parts of the Northern Hemisphere.

"Over time, the rays will darken to the shade of the surrounding regolith as the material is exposed to space weathering," ...

The tropospheric polar vortex is a normal feature that influences weather across the globe every winter, while the ...

Researchers discovered that ancient peat bogs grew rapidly when the Southern Westerly Winds suddenly shifted thousands of ...

When Mississippi State University alumnus Steve “Duke” Pigott took his final steps onto the summit of Mount Everest this past ...

A significant disruption of atmospheric patterns around the Arctic is expected to begin over the next few weeks, which could ...

It's been a warm autumn, so far. But the polar vortex is forecast to change unusually early, and that could impact your ...

There are still a few episodes left until CBS's hot new comedy DMV closes for the holidays, but one guest star is bringing ...

The nation’s northernmost town — Utqiagvik, Alaska — is about to descend into months of darkness. The sun was slated to set at 1:36 p.m. Tuesday, and it won’t return until Jan. 22.

In the village of Chersky, outside the existing airport, remains the plane on which Nikita Khrushchev flew to visit Mikhail Sholokhov ...