Natural cycles in Earth's rotational axis and its orbit around the sun drive climatic changes, and now researchers have ...

Precession changes the peak of summer intensity across mid ... future," added co-author Gregor Knorr from the Alfred Wegener ...

The results are perhaps unsurprising, given that obliquity and precession affect how much sunlight reaches polar and equatorial regions, respectively, Barker said. "Depending on where you are on Earth ...

Atlas Air Worldwide and DHL have announced they will close their joint venture Polar Air Cargo after 17 years of operations. The companies have decided that Polar Air Cargo is no longer a strategic ...

Over 7,500 participants braved the frigid Atlantic for the Jersey Shore's largest Polar Bear Plunge. The event has become the largest fundraiser for Special Olympics New Jersey, with all proceeds ...

Heavy snow falls as a person walks along U.S. Route 42 in Florence, Ky., Monday, Jan. (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.) From reproductive ...

after a winter storm on Sunday. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP) The term “polar vortex” usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region. It ...

Harsh weather moved west on Monday as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the weekend, killing at least 10 ...

BISMARCK, N.D. — Harsh cold descended on the nation’s midsection Monday as a polar vortex gripped the Rockies and Northern Plains on the heels of weekend storms that pummeled the Eastern U.S ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Harsh weather moved west on Monday as a polar vortex was expected to grip the Rockies and the northern Plains after winter storms pummeled the eastern U.S. over the ...

It marks the 10th - and coldest - polar vortex this season so far, with pressure systems pushing cold air from the Arctic southwards into North America and Europe. The polar vortex is a large area ...