Ursus maritimus is the scientific name for polar bears, named in 1774 by Constantine Phipps. Polar bears are marine mammals in the Ursidae family, adapted to Arctic sea ice. Polar bears don't truly ...

The polar vortex has broken, and severe temperatures are set to dominate most of the country in the coming days. Temperatures in the 10s are forecast for much of the Northeast, and subzero ...

A Polar vortex has covered the Philadelphia region under a canopy of frigid temperatures, but many people may not realize what a Polar vortex actually is, and the dangers — like frostbite — such ...

Frigid temperatures are expected to impact much of the central and eastern United States in the coming weeks. The first of three polar vortex systems is expected this month, according to AccuWeather.

Multiple states registered subzero temps on Friday, Dec. 5. The polar vortex has broken, and severe temperatures are dominating even in southern sates like Texas, which saw record breaking lows in the ...

A disrupted polar vortex is expected to bring cold weather to many parts of the U.S., and potentially snow to some regions. A rare atmospheric event known as sudden stratospheric warming is being ...

The tiny town of Churchill has two of Canada’s largest pieces of Arctic infrastructure, but years of neglect have left them in poor shape amid growing superpower rivalry in the region. The tiny town ...

This study was funded by grants from the Natural Environment Research Council (NE/S011188/1) and the European Research Council (SELECTHAPLOID - 101001341) The Arctic Ocean current is at its warmest in ...

Meet our story’s protagonist: a female polar bear. Displaced by shrinking sea ice in the Arctic, she was forced to wander south, deeper into the Canadian Northwest Territories. Here, our lady in white ...

The polar vortex is so back, and in some parts of the country, the weather system will bring with it up to a foot of snow. If “polar vortex” is giving you déjà vu, that’s because we’ve heard it before ...

Milwaukee is in for a frigid and snowy December, thanks to several polar vortex systems that will sweep through the United States in the coming weeks. A polar air mass from Canada is hovering over ...