High above the North Pole, in a slice of atmosphere rarely noticed and even less understood, a transformation is underway. Over the next 10 days, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather ...

This swirling mass of air above the Arctic can grow and bend, pushing blasts of frigid air south. Sea smoke, the result of extremely cold air blowing over warmer water, rises from Lake Michigan in ...

In an early sign of the winter weather that's coming, the dreaded polar vortex is making news yet again. The polar vortex is "ramping up from its summer slumber," said meteorologist Judah Cohen in an ...

Prepare for a return of frigid weather in March—and April. Editor at Large You could be forgiven for not noticing that last month was the planet's third warmest February on record. That’s because ...

Dreading the present, thirty-one animators entered the jungle on their imagination to honor José Eustasio Rivera’s Novel, THE VORTEX, published in 1924. Musicians, producers, and composers joined in ...

What is the polar vortex? It’s a wintertime mainstay capable of flooding Canada with some of the world’s coldest air It’s a pattern responsible for holding back the coldest temperatures on the planet.

You heard that right; the polar vortex is spinning in the opposite direction. It actually happens more than you might think. As Canadians, we are very familiar with the term ‘polar vortex.’ We are ...

In the past few years, a new term has entered the everyday lexicon: Polar vortex. Sounds scary — and it's true, you'll want to bundle up if the polar vortex is about to affect your local weather. But ...