During World War II, the U.S. got a taste of what a war in the Arctic could look like. In the Battle of Attu, the Japanese army took the Aleutian island of Attu in Alaska and the 7th Infantry Division ...

Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the Arctic, two distinct polar vortex patterns — both distorted and displaced — ...

Friday brings the final day of the record-breaking arctic outbreak that has frozen the central US, but the danger isn’t over. While some areas are experiencing a slight reprieve from the extreme lows ...

Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, researchers found that two specific patterns in the polar vortex, a swirling ...

It's an understatement to say it's cold outside. A blast of arctic air has enveloped most of Tennessee bringing temperatures to bitterly cold standards and that is before you add in the effects of the ...

A new study reveals the Great Lakes have entered a new climate era marked by more extreme heat waves and cold spells. Heat wave intensity tripled in Lake Superior, while cold spell intensity tripled ...