April 5, 2025 - By Laura Ciasto and Amy Butler - After spending much of the season with super strong wind speeds, the polar vortex bowed out two weeks ago, with the core west-to-east winds sliding ...

A sudden stratospheric warming event reversed the winds that make up the northern polar vortex on March 9. A new animation shows the vortex also moved away from the Arctic towards Europe.

Weather patterns this month are being shaped by the collapse in March of a band of high-altitude winds known as the polar vortex. That occurred earlier than usual this year, triggering a ...

A massive storm developing today is set to bring life-threatening tornadoes and potentially historic floods in what could be ...

Another massive storm is set to bring life-threatening tornadoes and potentially historic flooding to several states ...

This phenomenon results in the entry of cold air into our region, which will through the so-called gates of Vienna cause significant cooling in the Balkans, as well as in our country, starting ...

This affects all parts of the world, but the Arctic has been hit the worst. Arctic amplification helps to increase polar vortex stretching events. In simple terms, the polar vortex is the large ...

Warm conditions across much of Europe are forecast to give way to periods of unseasonably cool temperatures and stormy weather during April. The first such shift will take place over the weekend ...

The Nasdaq-100 just had one of its worst months in several years. New tariffs and economic uncertainty roiled the index, including its two worst performers. The Nasdaq-100-- which tracks the ...

While the past few years have seen Beijing scale back its presence in the region, at home, shipbuilders and research institutes are honing China’s ability to operate in polar waters. Putting its ...