The USCGC Polar Star freed an Australian tour vessel near Antarctica on January 17—the 50th anniversary of its commissioning into the Coast Guard. The Australian luxury cruise ship Scenic Eclipse II ...

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 ...

Microbes across Earth’s coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating carbon release and potentially amplifying climate change, according to a new ...

BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- 'The Wishing Place' is a brand-new facility where local kids with critical illnesses can find a spark of magic during their Make-A-Wish journey. It is located ...

The Earth contains two frosty, cold ends: the northern Arctic Circle — more commonly known as the “North Pole” and home to the beloved Santa Claus — and the opposite, southern continent of Antarctica.

True Arctic cold air is going to drop into the Great Lakes region Monday and Tuesday. This looks like just the start of significantly colder-than-normal weather for a long stretch. Michigan does ...

In order to understand the massive changes afoot in the warming polar regions, oceanographer Allison Fong is hunting for the tiniest clues. Scientist Allison Fong removes an ice block from a floe in ...

BOISE, Idaho — Hundreds of participants braved icy waters at Lucky Peak Reservoir on Saturday for the 23rd annual Gebert-Arbaugh Great Polar Bear Challenge, raising money to help grant wishes for ...

Location, location, location. Greenland’s position above the Arctic Circle makes the world’s largest island a key part of security strategy. But for whom? Increasing international tensions, global ...

Polar bears are particularly vulnerable to climate change, as they rely on sea ice to hunt seals. A new study analyzed a small subpopulation of polar bears in southeastern Greenland and found small ...

Scientists monitoring polar bears in northern Canada have documented an exceptionally rare event. And with climate change impacting the mammals' future, they've found it a reassuring sign. In the ...

The Arctic just experienced its hottest year since record-keeping began more than a century ago, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Wednesday. Rising temperatures in the ...