A strong polar vortex in the stratosphere has brought subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the ...

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 .

Abnormal weather events and severe winter storms could be caused by a disrupted polar vortex. Find out here how the polar ...

A recent study explains how warmer temperatures at the top of the planet destabilize the jet stream and allow colder air to ...

How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S. Vast weather patterns can carry blasts of frigid air far from the ...

Why Polar Vortexes Are Becoming More Common What do you think about this topic? Share your thoughts in the comments below — ...

Here's how the polar vortex, and climate change, influence extremely cold winter weather in the US. Intense snowy wintry weather in the US has been fuelled by activity of the polar vortex ...

People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, ...

The polar vortex can be disrupted by factors such as natural turbulence, high-latitude ocean warming, sea ice loss, sudden atmospheric warming, planetary waves and climate change, says the ...

People living "basically anywhere from the Rockies eastward" will see extremely cold temperatures over the next several days, ...

Does climate change affect the polar vortex? It is not known whether climate change will affect the polar vortex, says Amy Butler, an atmospheric scientist at the National Oceanic and ...