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

Stratospheric polar vortex changes still trigger brutal U.S. winter cold snaps and extreme weather despite a warming climate.

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Because of an unstable polar vortex, experts have projected record low levels of Arctic sea ice for the coming winter.

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