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In yet another sign that winter weather is either here or will be soon, the dreaded polar vortex is making news yet again. Its potential arrival in the United States over the next few weeks is cause ...

An extreme warming event high in the atmosphere is threatening to disrupt the polar vortex. We break down what that could mean for Canadians A rare, early, stratospheric warming event could shake up ...

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 ...

Nearly all of New England has seen its share of frigid cold days and record mountain snow so far this November — and looking ahead, we’re about to get hit with another blast of Arctic air from a ...

Something unusual may be brewing in the stratosphere, and meteorologists say it could change the course of the winter forecast. The atmosphere is at a "critical juncture," and what happens in November ...

The text on the video above was edited on June 1, 2018 to make it clear that it is impossible to know why the polar bear pictured was starving. An earlier version of the video went too far in ...

The polar vortex is weakening, which means New England is in for a colder than usual December, with episodic cold snaps. Every year around this time, that phrase — “polar vortex” — starts to buzz ...

A harsh drop in temperatures is being delivered to the eastern two thirds of the country thanks to a polar vortex dipping down from the Arctic. Record cold high temperatures on Monday and Tuesday are ...

Scientists are still trying to understand the atmospheric disturbances. A significant change in the atmosphere means the weeks after Thanksgiving could be colder and snowier than normal across ...