Special Olympics Pennsylvania announced Monday its annual Lehigh Valley Polar Plunge will take place at a new venue this year after organizers determined the Delaware River was too frozen for safe ...

Greetings from Ice Planet Hoth. Indeed, much of the eastern United States resembles the fictional frozen Star Wars world, and now folks there are now enduring some of the worst cold on Earth: "The ...

The 35th annual Lewes Polar Bear Plunge has been postponed due to a forecast of extreme cold, strong winds, snow, and dangerous surf, Special Olympics Delaware has announced. Originally set for this ...

Welcome to the Frozen Apple. Temperatures in New York City have remained below freezing since Friday — and they’re expected to stay that way until at least early next week as arctic air has settled ...

PARK CITY, Utah — In the snowy subarctic wilds of northern Manitoba, the Inuit have a word for polar bears who’ve lost their fear of being around humans: avinnaarjuk, or “nuisance bear.” That’s a ...

To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of Earth, to the stratospheric polar vortex. When you purchase through links ...

Polar Plunge® Chicago for Special Olympics Illinois presented by Special Children’s Charities is coming up on Sunday, March 1 at North Avenue Beach. This iconic winter fundraiser supports people with ...

Satellite image of a bomb cyclone. It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere. We are actually having a proper one this year. Irrespective of what is going on with our climate, it is supposed to be cold ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Do you have what it takes to jump into the frigid Atlantic Ocean this time of year? If so, it’s time to go for the cold once again at the 2026 Polar Plunge at the Virginia ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The polar vortex collapsed, and severe temperatures are set to dominate most of the country in the coming days. Single-digit ...

Microbes across Earth's coldest regions are becoming more active as glaciers, permafrost and sea ice thaw, accelerating carbon release and potentially amplifying climate change, according to a new ...