Thunderstorms are rare in the cold, dry Arctic, but a surprising event in August 2019 has scientists rethinking how these ...

Lightning near the North Pole reveals dramatic climate changes as Arctic temperatures rise and storms intensify.

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.

In the Arctic, the last private plot is up for sale. Something to interest China and greatly worry the Norwegian authorities.

It also contains 100 trillion cubic feet of proved natural gas reserves — the third ... in the Arctic with a 2018 policy report that argued climate change's effects on the North Pole will ...

EDITORIAL: The Hindu Kush Himalayan (HKH) mountain range, stretching from Afghanistan to Myanmar, often referred ...

That’s because local temperatures plunged during the third week of February ... and helps keep the pole’s cold air confined to the Arctic. When the vortex weakens—which it does on occasion ...

The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...

"It is very symbolic that the third season has kicked off on the Polar Explorer's Day," leader of the Clean Arctic project office Andrey Nagibin said. "We are not at the North Pole today ...

Svalbard is a key piece of the puzzle being laid in the Arctic. Its location is significant: the shortest path for a missile between the Russian and US mainlands is over the north pole ...

A major disruption to the Arctic polar vortex has bumped the ring of wind that circles the North Pole off its perch and towards Europe, a new animation shows. The migration could trigger colder ...