Polar bears reign supreme in the Arctic, with no rivals to challenge their dominance. As the ultimate apex predators of the frozen north, they possess unmatched strength, hunting skills, and ...

As tensions rise to grab Arctic resources, the U.S. is racing to construct a new icebreaker vessel that can secure a foothold ...

Data from a polar vortex splitting during 2002’s Southern Hemisphere sudden warming event helps expand models to accommodate ...

The polar vortex is a circular flow in the stratosphere ... “Venus, Mars, and Earth are a bit of a Three Bears story—a little too much, not enough, and just right,” says Whitten.

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.

Professor Amanda Maycock from the School of Earth and Environment who led the project, added: “The stormy conditions and strong stratospheric polar vortex during February 2022 bear parallels to other ...

After Feb dumped a wave of unconditionally severe winter weather in the US, March is about to unleash those conditions again due to the polar vortex collapse. A man walks along an empty road ...

The polar vortex is a circulation of fast-moving winds that are high ... However, it is important to bear in mind that currently the air from the east is not as cold as it could be in the winter ...

Those rumors came from a weather blog in north Texas that posted about the "polar vortex" a few days after Christmas. At the moment, there is no cold air outbreak in the forecast, even extended.

Because this is the Polar Vortex Blog, we would love to be able to tell you how the stratospheric polar vortex is doing super cool things that can explain how cold and snowy it’s been in many ...

It’s really, really cold again — as the US shivers through at least the eighth blast of air from the Arctic this winter. Winter, which is warming faster than any other season for much of the ...