Understanding the polar vortex its causes and its intensification is key to grasping the broader impacts of climate change.

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Two new studies of the North and South Poles remind us that the global climate system remains unpredictable, defying ...

A polar vortex collapse ... in a collapse as early as next week and as late as early April. Whether climate change is playing a role in the twin collapses—with increasing global temperatures ...

SEE ALSO: Climate scientists vow to stand up to Trump ... Credit: Mashable Along the East Coast, this visit by the polar vortex will be like a houseguest who comes into your home, leaves stuff ...

“The climate system is an angry beast ... As California suffered record-heat and record-drought, to the east a series of frigid "polar vortex" storms hurtled down from the Arctic bringing months of ...

The weakened polar vortex disruption will bring pockets of cold weather to the east. Meteorologist don’t link the incoming colder weather to climate change. Pastelok explains that this year is ...

Andrew Freedman has been hired by CNN Climate & Weather as a senior reporter. Previously, Freedman served as a senior climate reporter with Axios and was an author of the daily “Axios Generate” ...

Climate change is the long-term shift in temperature ... Arctic amplification helps to increase polar vortex stretching events. In simple terms, the polar vortex is the large area of low pressure ...