Understanding the polar vortex its causes and its intensification is key to grasping the broader impacts of climate change.

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. A major ...

The Polar Vortex in the upper atmosphere has disintegrated after the intense warming of the stratosphere in mid-March.

The cause of the week-long deep freeze? A polar vortex collapse. Now, meteorologists are calling for another collapse in the middle of March, one that could plunge the U.S., Canada, and parts of ...

Researchers note that February was also characterised by an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex - a large spinning mass of cold air in the stratosphere around 15 miles above the Arctic ...

The more likely weather pattern right now is a 'displacement' in the polar vortex. Pastelok added that this would cause a shorter change in temperatures and mainly affect the central and eastern ...

SEE ALSO: Polar vortex about to blast U.S. with coldest ... These frontal systems will drag cold air southeastward and cause northwesterly winds to howl across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

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

The cause of a devastating string of winter storms ... the team from the University of Leeds discovered the unusually strong state of the polar vortex (SPV). They concluded that the strong SPV ...

The Polar Vortex's collapse will cause a major Arctic blast from central Canada into the Northeast United States, even if a progressive and dynamic weather pattern will persist across North ...