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

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Scientist monitoring both the polar vortex above the Arctic and the polar vortex over Antarctic, which has shown a substantial disruption, leading to climate changes around the globe.

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

Image Credit: NASA. Westerly winds in this layer of the atmosphere loop around the South Pole in winter, moving about 300 kilometers (200 miles) per hour, forming what is known as the polar vortex ...

The Southern Hemisphere's polar vortex normally remains less active than its Arctic counterpart. "Sudden warming events happen in the Antarctic once every five years or so, much less frequently ...

NASA image of A23a taken on November 28, 2023. This iceberg is caught in a vortex and may be trapped for years. NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS ...

The polar vortex is a “constant feature” that begins to develop sometime in September and persist through sometime in spring, say April or May, as previously detailed by Paul Pastelok, an ...

The polar vortex, a ring of frigid air typically located near the North Pole, will become stretched and displaced through early next week, carving a path across the central and eastern United States.

When the polar vortex gets weaker, or breaks up, it unleashes cold air to the south. People bear the cold in New York City, December 23, 2024. Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images.

On Monday, the polar vortex will reach the Deep South, with temperatures down to the freezing point of 32 degrees Fahrenheit in Atlanta. Wind chills will be in the 20s.