In the atmospheric layer above it, about 10 to 30 miles up, is the stratospheric polar vortex, where every winter a sunlight-starved Arctic spins up a mass of cold air that, ultimately, dissipates ...

Since the Ice Ages, the Polar Vortex has acted as a climatic gatekeeper. When breached, it unleashes freezing air into ...

The polar vortex is Earth's frozen guardian—but that guardian is starting to fail. This video dives into the science behind ...

From beloved Ann Arbor delis to underwhelming tourist traps, this sandwich tour across Michigan serves up the highs and lows ...

Obviously this isn't the first polar vortex episode of the winter, but it looks to be the most severe." FILE - A person walks along the shore of ice covered Lake Michigan, Feb. 13, 2025, in Chicago.

A new study challenges the idea that climate change is behind the erratic wintertime behavior of the polar jet stream, the ...

A woman becomes extremely surprised by all the achievements she discovered after stumbling upon a CV from the late 1940s.

Charlottesville and much of central Virginia were under an extreme heat warning Tuesday, with temperatures predicted to stay ...

Rapid changes from wet to dry weather can create severe natural disasters. And these precipitation whiplash events are ...

Because Michigan is not a hot climate - and we don’t have frequent heat waves like we’re experiencing now - our bodies are not able to acclimate to the soaring temperatures. This puts us at higher ...

As we sweat away the summer, imagine walking out of 98-degree heat and into a 72-degree, climate-controlled ballpark to watch ...