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What if the polar vortex became a regular winter pattern? Scientists weigh in
Every winter, millions of people brace for news about the polar vortex - that vast, spinning mass of frigid Arctic air high ...
The "polar vortex" talk becomes really popular each year. It usually doesn't surface until winter. Still, this season, the eastern U.S. is getting a shot of frigid air as this infamous polar vortex ...
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Rare November polar vortex disruption is now brewing
A highly unusual disruption of the polar vortex is taking shape in the upper atmosphere this November, raising the odds of a more volatile and wintry pattern as the season ramps up. Instead of the ...
Vortexes are physical phenomena found throughout nature, including tornados and air turbulence, which is a vortex buildup process (Figure 1). Investigators have realized that turbulence is not a ...
A Polar Vortex brought temperatures so cold in January 2014 that it froze Niagara Falls. Signals of a rare sudden stratospheric warming in the next two weeks have some forecasting an imminent Arctic ...
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