(CNN) — High above the North Pole, in a slice of atmosphere rarely noticed and even less understood, a transformation is underway. Over the next 10 days, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather ...
Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, researchers found that two specific patterns in the polar vortex, a swirling ...
The polar vortex, a high-altitude ring of westerly winds that usually keeps Arctic air locked near the pole, is showing signs of unusual weakening. If that circulation falters or collapses, the result ...
Every winter, millions of people brace for news about the polar vortex - that vast, spinning mass of frigid Arctic air high in the stratosphere that occasionally escapes its usual boundaries and ...