The polar vortex is coming—and raising the odds for intense winter weather. In the stratosphere over Siberia, temperatures recently jumped nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit, shoving the polar vortex ...

A new study challenges the idea that climate change is behind the erratic wintertime behavior of the polar jet stream, the ...

This video explores the mechanisms behind the polar vortex, how climate change is affecting its stability, and what that means for the future of Earth’s climate.

Rapid changes from wet to dry weather can create severe natural disasters. And these precipitation whiplash events are ...

As we sweat away the summer, imagine walking out of 98-degree heat and into a 72-degree, climate-controlled ballpark to watch ...

Technically, the polar vortex is 20 miles high in the stratosphere. ... “Climate change does not mean that we will expect to see no more cold weather.

Obviously this isn't the first polar vortex episode of the winter, but it looks to be the most severe." FILE - A person walks along the shore of ice covered Lake Michigan, Feb. 13, 2025, in ...

Technically, the polar vortex is 20 miles high in the stratosphere. ... “Climate change does not mean that we will expect to see no more cold weather.

Climate scientist Michael Mann explains the complex connections between climate change, atmospheric waves, and extreme ...

From last winter’s polar vortex to this week’s heat wave, Chicagoans have experienced several degrees of uncomfortableness in a few short months. We weather the extreme weather well enough, thanks to ...