Doug Belkin covers higher education and national news out of the Chicago bureau of The Wall Street Journal.

Lightning near the North Pole reveals dramatic climate changes as Arctic temperatures rise and storms intensify.

The formation of a horseshoe vortex cloud was witnessed in Norman, Oklahoma, on Friday morning, by storm chaser Connor ...

Thunderstorms above Oklahoma sculpted a seldom-seen spectacle in the sky Friday morning. The formation of a horseshoe vortex ...

A warm blob of water in the North Atlantic is an ominous sign that a system of currents that regulate the planet's climate ...

Colorado could see more frequent and intense temperature swings, in part due to climate change. DENVER — Colorado is no ...

The word “supercell” may sound like hype, but they are real thunderstorms with rotating updrafts that can have serious ...

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 ...

Flips between warm temperatures to cold and vice versa have become quicker, more frequent and more intense in recent decades, a new study shows.

The 100th meridian marks a dividing line between moist climates to the east and arid climates to the west. Climatologists now ...