April 5, 2025 - By Laura Ciasto and Amy Butler - After spending much of the season with super strong wind speeds, the polar ...

Several days with temperatures of 10-20 degrees below the historical average could be dangerous to plants and ruin outdoor plans.

Spring may have technically sprung in the Northern Hemisphere, but the lingering impact of the collapsing polar vortex could ensure that chilly weather will stick around for a while longer across ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation ...

The polar vortex in the stratosphere broke up, which caused the movement of cold Arctic air towards southern latitudes, ...

February 2022 was also characterized by an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex—a large spinning mass of cold ... UK ...

Scientists say a "swirling polar vortex" miles above the Earth caused ... a single week by around 80% compared with when the SPV is normal. Image: Storm Franklin caused flooding in Belper ...

The researchers wanted to understand how this strong stratospheric polar vortex (SPV ... compared to when the SPV is normal. Researchers said the signal for a strong SPV was evidence from ...

The storms were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists.

Scientists say a "swirling polar vortex" miles above the Earth caused three deadly storms in the UK and Ireland, which ...

Researchers note that February was also characterised by an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex - a large spinning mass of cold ... compared to when the SPV is normal. Researchers said the ...