While jet streams are air patterns, the Gulf Stream is an ocean pattern that also has an impact on weather.

"The current behavior of magnetic north is something that we have never observed before." For decades, scientists have been tracking the shift in Earth's magnetic north pole away from Canada and ...

This NASA Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter image, acquired on May 13, 2018, during winter at the South Pole of Mars, shows a carbon dioxide ice cap covering the region and as the sun returns in the spring, ...

Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...

Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...

Though it's a cold, dead planet, Mars still has its own natural beauty about it. This image shows us something we'll never ...

Earth’s magnetic field, generated by movements within its molten iron core, serves as a protective shield against solar winds ...

The new moon of January will be at 7:36 a.m. Eastern Time on Jan. 29, according to the U.S. Naval Observatory, and two days ...

Little wonder the poles can seem timeless, places of desolate beauty – tundra and rock in the north, and wind and ice in the ...

Aurora also offers two shorter expeditions in 2026: the 17-day Arctic Golden Autumn & Northern Lights itinerary in August and ...

Neil Shubin is a Chicago author, explorer, and scientist who shares stories from his epic adventure to the North and South Poles, revealing the secrets locked in the ice about life, the cosmos, ...

As we burn fossil fuels, the amount of carbon dioxide in Earth's atmosphere is gradually rising, and with it, the planet's ...