In 2015, a terrifying image of a “horribly thin” polar bear took the world by storm - sparking conversation on how human-driven climate change was pushing the species toward extinction. While there ...

For Bethpage resident Paula Braband, February on Long Island doesn’t mean hibernating indoors. It means keeping a family tradition alive by plunging into the icy cold Atlantic. Braband, a health care ...

Waves of frigid air will continue to be released into much of the eastern United States through at least the middle of the month. The ongoing pattern may trend stormier with areas of snow and ice ...

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Dangerously cold temperatures combined with wind gusts up to 60 mph are expected to cause life-threatening conditions across parts of the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Northeast to close out the week, ...

For new readers, here’s a brief overview. The Polar Vortex is a large scale winter circulation over the Northern Hemisphere. Imagine it as a spinning wall of wind above the polar regions, stretching ...

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Florida has experienced an unusually cold winter with multiple Arctic blasts due to a weakened polar vortex. Another major, widespread freeze in Florida is unlikely for the remainder of the winter ...

This year's relentless winter weather is about to unleash its most savage cold outbreak yet. "A brutally cold weekend awaits more than 100 million people in the Northeastern quarter of the nation as ...

A warming Arctic can stretch the polar vortex, a high-altitude air ribbon, one says. The “wobble” can disrupt the jet stream, causing extreme cold in the East. By Eric Niiler If the planet is getting ...

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Roth IRA conversions allow unlimited transfers from tax-deferred accounts. Taxes apply to converted amounts, potentially increasing your tax bracket. Five-year rule mandates keeping funds in Roth IRA ...