As the National Weather Service explains, the polar vortex is an area of low pressure and cold air that exists over both of Earth’s poles 10 to 30 miles above the surface. The term vortex is used to ...

Researchers say a spinning mass of cold air in the stratosphere above the Arctic in 2022 made it up to three times more ...

Here is what you need to know. The polar vortex is a large area of low pressure, cold air around the Earth's poles that blows westward during the winter and eastward during the summer. A polar ...

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense ...

Powerful winter storms that battered the UK in recent years were made more likely by an intense vortex of winds high above ...

The UK has had its fair share of meteorological upheaval over the past few years. This year alone, we have experienced Arctic blasts, polar vortex collapses, and Storm Éowyn, which claimed lives and ...

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense swirling vortex of winds miles above the Arctic, say scientists.

Professor Amanda Maycock from the School of Earth and Environment who led the project, added: "The stormy conditions and strong stratospheric polar vortex during February 2022 bare parallels to ...

Researchers says the finding could help forecasters identify any increased risk of storm clusters up to a month before they ...