The new year arrived windy and freezing in Brooklyn, but bone-chilling weather couldn’t stop tradition as thousands of people welcomed 2026 at the Coney Island Polar Bear Plunge. After a few years of ...

Churchill, Canada — On a cold November morning in the subarctic Canadian town of Churchill, Manitoba, Ian Van Nest sits in the warmth of his SUV and peers through binoculars at a pair of polar bears ...

High above the North Pole, there is a region with low pressure and cold air known as the Polar Vortex. Apparently, this region is formed every winter as sunlight continues to fade into the Arctic.

Hundreds of people took the polar plunge at Milwaukee's lakefront. A Milwaukee alderman joined in the annual tradition at Bradford Beach. MFD paramedics were in the water in case anyone needed help.

It’s 11 a.m. on the first morning of 2026 in Birch Bay, Washington. There’s a sharp chill in the air. Driving down Birch Bay Drive, sporadic groups of people wrapped in towels, robes and sweatshirt ...

Early solar observations evolved from ancient naked-eye records of sunspots to systematic telescopic sketching in the 17th century, facilitating debates on solar physics and the eventual discovery of ...