Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Polar vortex has covered the Philadelphia region under a canopy of frigid temperatures, but many people may not realize what a ...

In a square hole carved out of the thick ice, two divers vanished into the depths of an Arctic lake, leaving nothing but ...

For the past three decades, glaciologist Helen Amanda Fricker has been investigating polar regions — the fastest changing areas on Earth. By studying the Arctic and Antarctic, she and other scientists ...

Scientists are training in Finland to dive beneath polar ice, aiming to study the effects of climate change on Arctic and ...

SpaceX’s Fram2 mission is the first human spaceflight to the Earth’s polar regions. The four-member crew will conduct 22 research experiments, including the first X-ray in space and studies on human ...

The extreme light environment of the Earth's polar regions fosters unique conditions that could play a crucial role in maintaining global biodiversity over time, a new study by Finnish researchers ...

You've likely heard the term "polar vortex" virtually every winter since it first entered into popular culture during a bitterly cold January a decade ago. The polar vortex is a whirling cone of low ...