A polar vortex collapse occurs when the strong, cold winds that normally circulate around the Arctic or Antarctic a weaken and break apart, allowing frigid air to spill southward into lower latitudes.

Drought and extreme heat frequently coincide, drying out vegetation, which can lead to agricultural losses and increase the ...

The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it's happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes ...

A polar vortex is a large area of low-pressure and cold air that circulates around the Earth’s poles, typically confined to the Arctic or Antarctic regions. This swirling mass of frigid air is held in ...

The National Science Foundation has released a request for proposals for the potential 20-year, $8 billion Antarctic Science and Engineering Support Contract, or ASESC. According to the RFP ...

(Antarctica is the continent; the Antarctic is the whole southern polar region, including the continent and island chains.) Probably the most famed American name associated with Antarctic ...

What does this have to do with the Stratospheric Polar Vortex? The reasons behind high pressure systems continuously re-establishing themselves close to our shores this spring are complex ...

Whether responding to a hurricane on the Gulf Coast, a wildfire in the West, or a polar vortex in the Midwest, restoring energy to critical sites—emergency shelters, hospitals, and communication ...

Geologist Ian Plimer talks about shocking revelations of the Antarctic shelf experiencing record growth. “We have cycles, and these cycles are where the ice sheets grow and the ice sheets ...