Summer may end on a cooler note for parts of the U.S., with meteorologists suggesting that a weakened polar vortex could ...

The polar vortex itself forms because of Mars’s tilted axis, which creates seasons much like Earth’s. Each northern winter, a ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Two newly identified ...

A rare glimpse into the wintry conditions of the Mars north polar vortex has shown that temperatures inside the vortex are far colder than outside, and that the permanent darkness that winter brings ...

A rare and powerful stratospheric warming event appears to be unfolding high above the South Pole – and it could have a knock-on effect through the global weather system. Both of Earth’s poles are ...

Brace yourselves; winter is coming. "Polar vortex" may have been the weather catchphrase of last winter, but it's coming back and it's bringing snow and freezing temperatures along with it. While it ...

It's already a lot to endure frigid winter conditions, but what happens when we get an unwelcome visit from an even colder spell of air like a polar vortex? "A polar vortex is simply that: a vortex ...