The Arctic Oscillation is a metric used to describe the strength of the polar vortex, or mass of arctic air that rotates ...

A major disruption to the Arctic polar vortex has bumped the ring of wind that circles the North Pole off its perch and towards Europe, a new animation shows. The migration could trigger ...

When the polar vortex stumbles, the weather at ground level can pivot from mild to brutal in a matter of days. A circulation that usually spins quietly above the pole can suddenly send lobes of Arctic ...

The Polar vortex is causing temperatures to plummet dangerously across the Philadelphia region, and frostbite could become a ...

Polar vortices exist throughout the year at the poles. In the Northern Hemisphere, the polar vortex expands many times over ...

A schematic of temperature measurements shows how it is 40 degrees Celsius colder inside the north polar vortex (indicated by the yellow line) compared to outside the vortex. A rare glimpse into the ...

ATLANTA — The Polar Vortex -- a phrase hyped and enlivened through news cycles and social media over the last decade. But in reality, it's always been there and always will be there. The Polar Vortex ...

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. When you ...