Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, ...

The condition of the polar vortex influences everyday weather around the globe. Scientist issue warning about concerning ...

Three factors are combining to increase the likelihood of a weaker polar vortex this winter, the website reports. And a ...

This phenomenon has also already struck Europe and China this summer, leading to the temporary closure of the Eiffel Tower and worries about wilting rice crops, respectively ...

In the stratosphere over Siberia, temperatures recently jumped nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit, shoving the polar vortex off its North Pole perch.

A new study challenges the idea that climate change is behind the erratic wintertime behavior of the polar jet stream, the massive current of Arctic air that regulates weather for much of the Northern ...

The polar vortex, the notorious swirl of winds around a low pressure area in the upper atmosphere over the Arctic, has split in two. Since the polar vortex tends to be associated with some of the ...

The polar vortex slid toward Europe in recent weeks, ushering in cooler temperatures to portions of Canada A significant disruption to the polar vortex over far Northern Canada will keep the ...

The reversed polar vortex has simply "moved off the pole, meandering around over Northern Europe," officials wrote. NOAA's latest forecasts suggest the polar vortex is unlikely to wander back to ...

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 ...

Polar Vortex Collapse Threatens Cold Spells for Europe in April Warm conditions across much of Europe are forecast to give way to periods of unseasonably cool temperatures and stormy weather during ...