Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...

How is climate change affecting polar regions? Climate change is amplified in the polar regions. The northern and southern reaches of the planet are warming faster than any area on Earth, with the ...

The polar vortex, a pattern in the Arctic region, is causing extreme cold weather in the US and Europe. Despite this, the world is warming, with January setting a monthly heat record. Climate change ...

Every state but Hawaii, California and Florida is likely to get a taste of wind chills of 20 degrees or colder.

A strong, stable vortex is like a skater spinning with their arms tucked closely in, holding in an area of cold air over the Arctic. But when there’s a wobble in the rotation, winds in the vortex can ...

F or bears of both the market and polar kind, a planet without an ice cap is a tragedy. The Arctic is warming four times faster than the world at large, causing ice to shrink by an area the size of ...

According to the Severe Weather Europe website—an online resource of global weather forecasts—a mass of cold air, spurred by the polar vortex, has been forecast to move over Canada and the northern ...

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 coldest ...

Current trend in heavy snowfall and bitterly cold temperatures is directly linked to a disruption to the polar vortex caused ...

Abnormal weather events and severe winter storms could be caused by a disrupted polar vortex. Find out here how the polar vortex affects the weather.