Yes. Although this blast of Arctic air sweeping the nation has thrown Bostonians scrounging through closets to find hats, ...
Anytime we get an Arctic air blast down this far south, this is an artifact of the polar vortex rearing its ugly head,” said climatologist Barry Keim .
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Snow totals in and around Houston following Tuesday’s rare winter storm amounted to between 2 and 4 inches in most backyards. Although only a total of about 1.4 inches of snow was recorded Monday ...
Umair Irfan is a correspondent at Vox writing about climate change ... behind chills like Winter Storm Blair. One is the polar vortex, a spinning band of strong, cold wind that is normally ...
However, Ol’ Man Winter has had other ideas. Instead of spinning his polar vortex in a nice tight loop around the North Pole (which keeps the cold air tightly-wound around the pole), he’s been doing a ...
Climate change is accelerating, with global temperatures rising by approximately 1.1°C since the late 19th century. This warming has triggered rapid polar ...