Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...

Brace Yourself for a Chilling Start to 2025!As we step into the New Year, the polar vortex is making headlines again. This ...

These severe cold events occur when the polar jet stream – the familiar ... But does this cold snap contradict human-caused global warming? As an atmospheric and climate scientist, I can tell ...

The study published by Cohen and his co-authors suggested warming Arctic temperatures have been disrupting the polar vortex more often since 1990 and sending more frequent cold blasts into the U.S ...

But some emerging science suggests that, generally, the polar vortex could be changing as a result of global warming, possibly causing more cold extremes in North America. Warming temperatures at ...

A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the South.

It's a cold air outbreak that some experts say is happening more frequently, and paradoxically, because of a warming world. Such cold air blasts have become known as the polar vortex. It's a long ...

As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...

In order for the polar vortex to travel south, the jet stream must weaken. The jet stream is affected by global warming, and you can find more on this relationship here.

Winter is supposed to be cold—and indeed, in the absence of global warming, the season would ... a second atmospheric phenomenon dubbed the polar vortex. This swirl of frigid air, located ...

Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...