Every year, weather enthusiasts eagerly watch and wait for signs that the polar vortex, a mass of cold air spinning around the Arctic, might meander south, sending cold and snow into the lower ...

In this video, we explore the chilling effects of the polar vortex and what it could mean for Earth in the next decade. Just like the Night King in Game of Thrones, a powerful icy force is lurking ...

As we sweat away the summer, imagine walking out of 98-degree heat and into a 72-degree, climate-controlled ballpark to watch ...

Perversely, the more we try to cool off, the more we heat the planet. Cooling accounts for a staggering one-fifth of global ...

From last winter’s polar vortex to this week’s heat wave, Chicagoans have experienced several degrees of uncomfortableness in a few short months. We weather the extreme weather well enough, thanks to ...

A new study challenges the idea that climate change is behind the erratic wintertime behavior of the polar jet stream, the ...

Rapid changes from wet to dry weather can create severe natural disasters. And these precipitation whiplash events are ...

Because Michigan is not a hot climate - and we don’t have frequent heat waves like we’re experiencing now - our bodies are ...

If you looked at the churning clouds near Jupiter’s pole, they appear like ocean currents on Earth — as if you’re looking at ...