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

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

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

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

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

Every year, weather enthusiasts eagerly watch and wait for signs that the polar vortex, a mass of cold air spinning around the Arctic, might meander south, sending cold and snow into the lower ...

This winter, with record snow in New Orleans and drought and destructive wildfires in Southern California, has not been normal.

The polar vortex could be reversing in a sudden stratospheric warming event, with the potential to send Arctic air and storms to the central and eastern U.S.