A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East. By Eric Niiler If the planet is getting ...

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Greetings from Ice Planet Hoth. Indeed, much of the eastern United States resembles the fictional frozen Star Wars world, and now folks there are now enduring some of the worst cold on Earth: "The ...

Polar bears are now adding new foods to their diet, including reindeer, walruses and bird eggs Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and ...

Special Olympics Delaware's annual Lewes Polar Bear Plunge, set to take place in Rehoboth Beach this weekend, has been postponed. The event involves participants plunging into the Atlantic Ocean in ...

The 35th annual Lewes Polar Bear Plunge has been postponed due to a forecast of extreme cold, strong winds, snow, and dangerous surf, Special Olympics Delaware has announced. Originally set for this ...

Welcome to the Frozen Apple. Temperatures in New York City have remained below freezing since Friday — and they’re expected to stay that way until at least early next week as arctic air has settled ...

DONALDSON WALKS US THROUGH THE CHANGES BEING MADE TO PLUNGE WEEK. WE’RE CONVINCED THAT WE WILL BE READY TO BRING PEOPLE IN THEN IT’S A MATTER OF THE CONDITIONS ON THE DAY OF THE PLUNGE. THIS IS THE ...

Satellite image of a bomb cyclone. It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere. We are actually having a proper one this year. Irrespective of what is going on with our climate, it is supposed to be cold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The polar vortex collapsed, and severe temperatures are set to dominate most of the country in the coming days. Single-digit ...