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

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

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe. A major ...

The Tara Polar Station, a $23 million research vessel with a crew of 12, will drift across the Arctic ice to enable better ...

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

When the polar vortex begins to wobble and allows arctic air to spill south into northern Illinois in January, we usually end ...

Now, experts have discovered that the cluster was connected to stronger winds in the Arctic stratosphere ... was an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex (SPV) – a large spinning mass ...

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 research team has uncovered surprising evidence of cross-border pollution reaching the Arctic, originating from an ...

It's a normal pattern that's stronger 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. Is the polar vortex ...

The polar vortex is a gigantic ... in the winter and usually tends to keep the coldest weather bottled up in the Arctic. However, a disruption in the vortex – known as "sudden stratospheric ...