Jupiter and Saturn host strikingly different polar storms, despite being similar giant planets, and scientists have long wondered why. New simulations suggest the answer may lie deep below the clouds.

Brookfield Zoo, which has cared for generations of polar bears, hopes to offer guidelines for an area where mothers den at ...

A conveyor belt of ocean water that loops the planet and regulates global temperatures could be heading for a tipping point.

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Penguins across Antarctica are breeding weeks earlier as temperatures rise, signaling rapid climate change and growing risks ...

Earth’s magnetic north pole has continued its long-term drift toward Siberia, officially crossing into the Russian hemisphere ...

Sea ice reflects sunlight. Open ocean absorbs it. When ice retreats, more solar energy stays in the Arctic system, warming ...

Year-round, severe, Artic air is usually kept tightly contained in the North Pole. Arctic wind patterns create a sort of wall ...

A polar vortex is expected to bring two surges of extremely cold air to the U.S. in January. Here's what to know in Middle ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two ...

This doesn’t mean Mars causes ice ages on its own. Orbital cycles are only part of the picture. Earth’s oceans, atmosphere, ...

As the iron and nickel inside our planet shift, so does Earth's magnetic field, meaning the North (and South) Poles are also ...