Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, ...

There are more ways than we knew for the stratospheric polar vortex to get disrupted, shooting cold air southwards across ...

The Polar Vortex,an atmospheric phenomenon that shapes our winter weather,has been gaining attention as it undergoes changes ...

Three factors are combining to increase the likelihood of a weaker polar vortex this winter, the website reports. And a ...

Stratospheric polar vortex changes still trigger brutal U.S. winter cold snaps and extreme weather despite a warming climate.

Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the ...

The mechanism involves atmospheric waves that bounce between the upper atmosphere and ground level, amplifying weather patterns and making them more extreme. Scientists call this “stratospheric wave ...

Since the Ice Ages, the Polar Vortex has acted as a climatic gatekeeper. When breached, it unleashes freezing air into regions unprepared for it. This decade, those breaches are becoming more frequent ...

One new study identifies a 17 percent increase in the destructive potential of the strongest nor’easters, while another ...

Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. -- and this study explains why. Researchers ...

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