Jet Stream vs. Gulf Stream: What’s the Difference?
While jet streams are air patterns, the Gulf Stream is an ocean pattern that also has an impact on weather.
Climate change may be to blame for 10 inches of snow in Florida
Scientists say a warming planet may have been responsible for a winter storm that dropped 10 inches of snow on Northwest ...
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World's Largest Iceberg On Collision Course With South Georgia's Penguins
The iceberg A23a, which originally calved from Antarctica’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986, became trapped on the seafloor and ensnared in an ocean vortex for decades. It finally broke free in December ...
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Filter inspired by deep-sea sponge cleans up oil spills
Bio-inspired vortex-anchored filter captures more than 97% of floating, underwater and emulsified oils, even under strong ...
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Earth’s warming is weakening the polar vortex. Here’s what that means for extreme cold.
The vortex can sometimes shift away from the pole ... Newer studies also back up the idea that warming of the Arctic and the oceans may be encouraging weather patterns that allow polar air ...
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Polar Vortex may not be done with Michigan, but only as a side-swipe
At the same time we go into a touch milder southwest flow, the polar vortex will still be churning away over northeast Canada. I don’t expect a full onslaught of the polar vortex to shift south ...
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Finally, an answer to why Earth’s oceans have been on a record-hot streak
A new study finds that the rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past 40 years—and pinpoints why. By Sachi Kitajima Mulkey / Grist Posted on Jan 30, 2025 This story was ...