Next week’s pre-winter arctic plunge might be a sign of things to come for the Eastern U.S., as several key weather patterns will converge to bring early bone-chilling cold and potentially

Climate change in Earth's polar regions is emerging as an underrecognized driver of global health risks, with consequences reaching far beyond the Arctic and Antarctic, researchers argue.

The forecast calls for cold weather across the central and eastern U.S., with temperatures 10-15 degrees below average, federal forecasters say.

The big winter (and popular) topic is dusted off very early this season as frigid air plunges south for Veterans' Day. But what is the Polar Vortex, exactly?

Hayden Frank, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service, said a "strong cold front" will be moving through the East Coast starting on Monday and lasting for most of the week. While the polar vortex is expected to drop temperatures by about 5 to 10 degrees, Frank said the cold weather won't be anything "extreme."

Palm Beach International Airport recorded a low of 45 degrees for the morning of Nov. 11. How cold was other parts of Florida?

Polar warming is shaping the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we grow, and the stability of our minds and bodies.

These severe cold events occur when the polar jet stream – the familiar jet stream of winter that runs along the boundary between Arctic and more temperate air – dips deeply southward, bringing the cold Arctic air to regions that don’t often ...

The UK is set to see temperatures plunge with lows of -7C in an icy blast where most of the country will be blanketed in snow caused by disruption to the Polar Vortex