Bright and dazzling, waves radiating rainbow colors sweep across the northern skies of Sweden, displaying beautiful hues. Known as "nacreous clouds" or "mother-of-pearl clouds," these clouds are a ...

Several factors can disrupt the stability of the polar vortex. Atmospheric waves, similar to ocean waves with vast dips and ridges, can propagate upward from the troposphere into the stratosphere.

New research 1 exposes the stratosphere as a major driver of mercury pollution, challenging long-held beliefs that the layer below it, the troposphere, dictates global spread of the heavy metal.

There's something about polar bears that's always puzzled the people who study them. How do they seem to repel snow? The animals spend their lives in cold climates, sometimes rolling around in ...

This is the official repository of Polar's software development kit. With this SDK you are able to develop your own Android and iOS applications for sensors and watches made by Polar.

Temperatures are achingly cold in the stratosphere over the Arctic, which can only mean one thing: it's perfect conditions for psychedelic skies filled with rainbow-colored clouds. Type II polar ...

This creates vibrant colors in the night sky, visible in polar regions like Norway ... and can sometimes appear in the lower stratosphere as nacreous clouds. Image credits: NPGallery To avoid ...

The layer of the atmosphere that lies between 6 and 31 miles above the surface is known as the stratosphere. The polar vortex is within the stratosphere. Because of the lack of sunlight ...

Victoria has been at the Highland Wildlife Park since 2015 Victoria is the oldest of four polar bears kept at the Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms National Park. At the grand old age of 28 ...

A dangerous and potentially life-threatening stretch of cold weather has much of the U.S. on alert as a lobe of the polar vortex invades the nation and sends temperatures tumbling to levels not ...