Traditionally, scientists believed that the charge polarity of the magnetosphere at the equator and the poles was the same, ...

Climate change in Earth's polar regions is emerging as an underrecognized driver of global health risks, with consequences ...

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

The US government's scientific weather forecasting agency said a powerful geomagnetic solar storm reached dangerous levels.

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

As sea ice vanishes, polar ocean currents are stirring faster - reshaping heat, carbon, and nutrient flow across the Arctic and Antarctic.

A study published in the journal Nature Climate Change by an international team of scientists, from the IBS Center for ...

Our first true shot of winter arrives late Sunday and spills into the first half of next week. I’m not talking about snow. Instead, a shot of Arctic air will plunge south into the United States from ...

Arizona skywatchers were treated to a rare celestial show Tuesday as the northern lights shimmered across parts of the state.

A powerful solar eruption from sunspot AR4274 triggered a massive X5.1-class solar flare, causing a Ground Level Event (GLE) ...

Analyzing late March data from Solar Orbiter, researchers produced the first detailed map of the magnetic network and supergranulation at the Sun's south pole.

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 more ...