Tag: Arctic Regions

What Is the Polar Vortex? And Other Cold-Weather Climate Questions

The basic idea, he said, is that the warmer conditions create larger and more energetic atmospheric waves that…

Climate Change Threatens St. Andrews, Golf’s Birthplace

ST. ANDREWS, Scotland — It is the rare golfer who does not fret over weather that could wash…

Sports in Norway, Like Skiing and Bobsledding, Face Threat From Warming Arctic

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — It was early April, and while the midnight sun had not yet arrived on the…

Sports in Norway, Like Skiing and Bobsledding, Face Threat From Warming Arctic

LONGYEARBYEN, Norway — It was early April, and while the midnight sun had not yet arrived on the…

Dog-Sledding in Southern Maine’s Winter Wonderland

“It’s a lot like sailing,” Polly explained, as she arranged the complicated rope-and-harness system on the snow, and…