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

A 2D representation of Earth, such as a chart or map, can mislead us when visualizing long international routes.

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

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

Maps matter because the shape and ... the undersea mountain range that bisects the Arctic Ocean, Russia's declared stepladder to the North Pole in a 2001 claim—is in fact connected to their ...

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.

But scientists say that the geographical North Pole is on the move and could shift ... Poles – has plunged to a record low. Last month, Arctic sea ice reached its lowest monthly extent for ...

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 ...