Antarctica’s polar vortex could be about to split in two for the first time in more than 20 years after a series of sudden spikes in stratospheric temperatures. If that happens, ...

Something strange is occurring in the skies over Antarctica. Each winter, a blisteringly cold ring of wind rapidly circulates clockwise in the stratosphere above Antarctica, forming a polar vortex ...

Two diagrams of air temperature over Antarctica show the polar vortex in 2023 (left) and 2024 (right). (Image credit: NASA Earth Observatory) However, instead of being strong and circular, this ...

The Antarctic polar vortex, shown here in pink, is spinning at 200kph. (Supplied:earth.nullschool.net)In springtime, when those westerly winds move south of Australia it makes room for more ...

In Mount Carroll, Illinois, temperatures reached 38 degrees below zero Thursday morning. In Cotton, Minnesota, temperatures were as low as 56 degrees below zero. The 2019 Polar Vortex has brought ...

The polar vortex is technically in the stratosphere, the middle layer of Earth's atmosphere. That area of low pressure is about 20 miles (32 kilometers) above the Earth's surface, Furtado said.

Sea smoke, the result of extremely cold air blowing over warmer water, rises from Lake Michigan in Chicago, Jan. 30, 2019. The deadly cold front was tied to a misshapen Arctic polar vortex.

The last polar vortex occurred in January 2014, according to the NWS, and before that in 1977, 1982, 1985 and 1989. Where is the polar vortex now? On Wednesday, parts of the US were still in the ...

The polar vortex blast that’s hanging out over Australia after coming across from Antarctica has resulted in pockets of NSW being caked in fresh powder quite early in the season, with Orange ...

A record cold snap in the US has left 21 dead. Here's what makes these polar-vortex events so dangerous and why we may see more of them in the future.

The Antarctic ozone hole usually starts forming in early August, but rare warming events and a strangely elongated polar vortex this year may have delayed its arrival.

Bizarre polar vortex over Antarctica delayed ozone hole opening, scientists say. Sascha Pare. Tue, September 24, 2024 at 3:32 PM UTC. 3 min read.