According to climate scientists, record levels of Arctic ice in 2025 could increase cold spells in the United States and Europe.

In this video, we explore the chilling effects of the polar vortex and what it could mean for Earth in the next decade. Just ...

The polar vortex is a broad, fast ribbon of cold air that encapsulates the Arctic high in the stratosphere. Stable, it ...

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

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 ...

A rare glimpse into the wintry conditions of the Mars north polar vortex has shown that temperatures inside the vortex are ...

What the swirling storms on alien worlds can tell us about the climate on Earth. Damond Benningfield A somewhat alarming new phrase entered the American lexicon when parts of the United States were ...

This striking satellite photo shows multiple examples of a rare meteorological phenomenon, known as "von Kármán vortices," swirling off at least six different islands in the Atlantic Ocean. Very ...

This striking satellite photo shows 10 swirling "dark voids" that appeared above an uninhabited volcanic island in the Indian Ocean. The black spots are the result of atmospheric cloud vortices, but ...