A decrease in pressure ridges over the past 3 decades is making the ice more uniform, with unclear consequences.

Early Times had a cult song, “5.9,” written in reference to Natural Ice beer ... Sleeping With Sirens, and Polar Bear Club. In summer 2013, the British music magazine Kerrang!

After a summer of fasting on land, the bears need to get back to their frozen home to hunt seals and bulk up. But their migration ritual is changing.

It’s really, really cold again – as the US shivers through at least the eighth blast of air from the Arctic this winter. Here ...

A lobe of the polar vortex, a ring of freezing air typically found near the North Pole, will once again move into the central ...

The easy answer is a deep southward dip in the polar jet stream that typically rings ... wind strength of the vortex to a spinning top or ice skater. A strong, stable vortex is like a skater ...

Giant cyclones of snow and ice are breaking up thin ice in the Arctic, leading to rapid ice loss events, and it’s happening more now than ever before. A scientist at OU described an unusually powerful ...

The National Weather Service warned of “life-threatening cold” into Tuesday, with temperatures in northeastern Montana ...

This experiment showed that the ice adhesion of unwashed polar bear fur is exceptionally low. While the often-accepted ...

The polar dance that caused snow to fall across ... Scientists compare the wind strength of the vortex to a spinning top or ice skater. A strong, stable vortex is like a skater spinning with ...

Extreme cold and snow smacked the Gulf Coast states this week, but the polar vortex may not be to blame. Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET.

A file photo of an (ice-free!) mother polar bear and her cub on the Hudson Bay. (Paul J. Richards/AFP via Getty Images) Preventing ice buildup in extreme temperatures has long vexed industries ...