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 ...

The South Pole station will clinch its warmest July since 2002, about 11 degrees (6.3 Celsius) above average, ... known as the polar vortex.

The polar vortex is a low-pressure system of cold air that swirls above Earth’s poles. There’s one over the South Pole in Antarctica – but for this story, we’ll be focusing on the one ...

High above Antarctica, a polar vortex swirls. When it’s in robust shape, its icy winds swirl in a circular pattern, keeping a ring of freezing weather contained above the frozen continent.

“If the polar vortex is left alone, nothing’s bothering it, it’s a nice fast, ... The South Pole is located in the continent of Antarctica, surrounded by the Southern Ocean.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota — Our entire region is under an Extreme Cold Weather Warning until 12 p.m. Tuesday; wind chills could fall as low as -45 degrees. This Arctic blast is thanks to a polar ...

This Antarctic winter, the atmosphere above the southern continent has been anything but typical. Roughly 30 kilometres above the icy surface, in the stratosphere, a series of unprecedented warming ...

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.

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.