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 ...

Current trend in heavy snowfall and bitterly cold temperatures is directly linked to a disruption to the polar vortex caused ...

Arctic warming blamed for brutal cold wave gripping Korea South Korea has been experiencing an intense cold wave this week, ...

The first storm set to hit Western New York on Wednesday will bring higher temperatures and a change for some melting, writes Don Paul. But a second storm will bring colder temperatures and more snow ...

"Twisters" is just the latest in a long line of epic disaster, action, and sci-fi movies that all manage to keep us on the ...

An ongoing struggle against climate change has been causing states in the United States to experience never-before-seen weather changes, including wildfires, extreme cold and droughts.

A strong, stable vortex is like a skater spinning with their arms tucked closely in, holding in an area of cold air over the Arctic. But when there’s a wobble in the rotation, winds in the vortex can ...

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 ...