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Doug Belkin covers higher education and national news out of the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal.
Chinese researchers traced 2023 Icelandic volcanic emissions to Arctic smog, showing 80% of Ny-Ålesund’s sulfur dioxide came from the eruption. A research team led by Professors Si Fuqi and Yuhan Luo ...
Lightning near the North Pole reveals dramatic climate changes as Arctic temperatures rise and storms intensify.
A new study led by Jochen Knies from the iC3 Polar Research Hub has found worrying signs that climate change may be ...
The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...
Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...
The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...
A rare and abrupt disruption in the Arctic polar vortex is expected to impact spring temperatures across Europe and parts of ...
The polar vortex is diminishing and meteorological conditions are fast shifting, which might impact the Ice Saints in May.
A significant disruption to the polar vortex over far Northern Canada will keep the pattern’s influence locked in our neck of ...
DON’T MISS: This is what La Niña's demise could mean for Canada The polar vortex is an ever-present circulation of upper-level winds spiralling around the Arctic, strengthening in the winter ...
The Old Farmers Almanac has predicted the last frost dates across the U.S. for 2025 -- and some in the Chicago area might be ...