There are more ways than we knew for the stratospheric polar vortex to get disrupted, shooting cold air southwards across ...

The mechanism involves atmospheric waves that bounce between the upper atmosphere and ground level, amplifying weather ...

Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the ...

One new study identifies a 17 percent increase in the destructive potential of the strongest nor’easters, while another ...

Applications for $16 billion in federal assistance for North Carolina agricultural producers who suffered crop losses from ...

Though hardy animals, Texas bats are seeing major upheavals to their environment thanks to man-made climate change.

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

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

The Polar Vortex,an atmospheric phenomenon that shapes our winter weather,has been gaining attention as it undergoes changes ...

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

When large masses of water are moved from one place to another, this changes the shape of Earth and leads to a phenomenon ...