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The term “polar vortex” usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic region. It is a normal pattern that is stronger in the winter and keeps some of the ...

The polar vortex is a “constant feature” that begins to develop sometime in September and persists through sometime in spring ...

Launched Tuesday night from California by SpaceX, the Spherex observatory will survey the sky every six months from an orbit over Earth's poles.

There are always surprises on the course at the Cheltenham Festival, but the weather has proved the biggest shock so far as ...

A sudden stratospheric warning (SSW) is on the forecast for the UK for the middle of March, the Met Office has said. It ...

I spent four days learning about biomimicry and how studying polar bear pelts led to solar energy-capturing coats.

The polar vortex could be reversing in a sudden stratospheric warming event, with the potential to send Arctic air and storms ...

The latest melting and displacement trend will accelerate this week, aided and abetted by a mostly mild pattern and Tuesday’s ...

In other news, a war on wee is among a series of measures to tackle anti-social behaviour during the Cheltenham Race week.

Warmer weather is on the way for the weekend, along with some rain chances across the area. Partly cloudy skies are expected ...

Forecasters reckon parts of North Staffordshire could see snow within days as the chances of the UK being hit by a 'polar ...