In A Nutshell A major study of 42 years of data shows severe winter storms have shifted northwest, away from the traditional ...

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

Even in a warming climate, brutal cold snaps still hammer parts of the U.S., and a new study uncovers why. High above the ...

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 is a broad region of freezing air that lives above the North Pole. It can make for frigid weather when the jet stream, which usually holds it in place, bends and lets that cold ...

The polar vortex is about to split, and a piece of it may be paying a visit to the central and eastern U.S. within the next week or two. Is US safer from guns? Start the day smarter ☀️ Science ...

The polar vortex appears to be on the move. That’s because stratospheric warming is occurring at high altitudes above the North Pole, resulting in a spike in temperatures.

The science behind the polar vortex is incredibly complicated, and we've only recently begun to understand how changes at our planet's poles impact weather at more moderate latitudes.

The polar vortex is essentially a large area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of Earth’s poles. It constantly sits over the poles but expands in the winter.

The Vortex Chiwetel Ejiofor is miscast in the Donmar revival of Noel Coward's "The Vortex," and not for the reason that more literal-minded observers are likely to pounce upon -- namely, that he ...

Banah Winn, a musician, sound healer and vortex guide who moved to Sedona from Los Angeles in May, said there are 60 different vortex sites in Boynton Canyon alone. He’s been to 10.