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

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

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

Warm conditions across much of Europe are forecast to give way to periods of unseasonably cool temperatures and stormy weather during April. The first such shift will take place over the weekend ...

Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket launches, skywatching events and more! Occasional "sudden stratospheric warming" events can disrupt the polar vortex. These events happen when ...

Colorado could see more frequent and intense temperature swings, in part due to climate change. DENVER — Colorado is no ...

Researchers from the University of Leeds have found there was an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex (SPV) – a large spinning mass of cold air in the stratosphere around 15 miles above ...

According to an article published by NASA in 2015, the 2013-14 polar vortex resulted in 92.5 percent ... In 2014, many news outlets and weather reports extensively discussed this atmospheric ...

Scientists say a "swirling polar vortex" miles above the Earth caused three deadly storms in the UK and Ireland, which brought severe flooding and record wind speeds. Four people lost their lives ...

Don't put away those winter coats just yet. An April cold snap is forecast for much of the eastern half of the U.S. early next week, forecasters said, with freezes likely across portions of the ...