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Rare polar vortex split to freeze millions of Americans - chilling path of severe weather event mapped
Forecasters warn that a split polar vortex is set to bring a 'large supply of cold air' to North America in mid-February as a ...
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Surviving Nature’s Freezers: Meet the Animals Thriving in Earth’s Polar Regions
The polar regions are the coldest places on Earth. During the summer, the poles receive 24 hours of sunlight, but during the winter the sun is rarely visible. Animals that inhabit nature’s freezers ...
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The polar vortex will soon hit the U.S. See how cold it’ll get where you live
a natural phenomenon that develops in the polar regions during winter, got much attention. Although the term polar vortex may seem relatively new, it isn’t. Disruptions of the vortex were first ...
Warmth is weakening the polar vortex. Here’s what it means for extreme cold.
Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...
This is how much climate change has impacted polar bear populations
Scientists have quantified how much climate change has driven the population decline of polar bears living in Canada's Hudson ...
Scientific American20d
How the Polar Vortex Can Bring Arctic Blasts to the U.S.
The first is the polar jet stream, a huge current of air that circles the globe between 50 and 60 degrees north latitude within the low-altitude troposphere, the same layer of atmosphere where ...