Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

The Arctic polar vortex is a circle of strong, cold winds that picks up every winter over the North Pole. The vortex is always present, but it strengthens in the winter due to a redistribution of ...

Devastating winter storms that led to deaths and power outages across the UK and Ireland were driven by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, scientists have revealed.

Several days with temperatures of 10-20 degrees below the historical average could be dangerous to plants and ruin outdoor ...

The Polar Vortex's collapse will cause a major Arctic blast from central Canada into the Northeast United States, even if a progressive and dynamic weather pattern will persist across North ...

A rare and abrupt disruption in the Arctic polar vortex is expected to impact spring temperatures across Europe and parts of ...

A significant disruption to the polar vortex over far Northern Canada will keep the pattern’s influence locked in our neck of ...

The warming hole might be a sign that Atlantic Ocean currents are slowing down. This network of currents regulates Earth's ...

The polar vortex is a gigantic ... in the winter and usually tends to keep the coldest weather bottled up in the Arctic. Previously this winter: Icy air has descended on the US.

show there was an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex (SPV) - a large spinning mass of cold air in the stratosphere around 15 miles above the Arctic - in February 2022. Scientists said the ...