Courtesy of Christopher Paetkau A polar bear peacefully snoozing in a pillowy bed of flowers beat out some amazing shots to win the Nature Photography Contest! The winner of the second annual ...

Precession refers to the "wobble" of this rotational ... into the future," said Gregor Knorr of the Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Germany. The predictability of the pattern ...

The key players in these cycles are Earth's obliquity, the precession of its rotational axis and the shape of Earth's orbit around the sun. Breaking space news, the latest updates on rocket ...

The Met Office says the UK is highly likely to see a polar vortex collapse in March - the weather phenomenon responsible for 2018’s ‘Beast from the East’. A sudden stratospheric warming (SSW ...

There’s also an 80% chance that a polar vortex could collapse later this month, forecasters said, bringing wintry conditions. Met Office Deputy Chief Meteorologist Chris Bulmer said ...

As part of its fleet renewal plan, the Canadian Coast Guard is acquiring 2 polar icebreakers through the NSS. To deliver these vessels by the early 2030s, construction work is being done by 2 ...

The polar vortex is a part of Earth's atmosphere that is found over the North Pole. Strong winds typically keep the vortex locked in place, but periodically, changes in the weather can cause the ...

A late cold snap could affect the UK, due to a polar vortex collapse that is likely to cause extreme winter conditions across North America and Canada. The weather phenomenon is expected in the middle ...

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A polar vortex collapse is set to unleash harsh winter-like conditions across North America. A polar vortex is a large atmospheric region characterised by low pressure and cold air around either of ...

A polar vortex describes a band of winds in the stratosphere – the second-lowest layer of the Earth’s atmosphere – that move from west to east. They are located around 16-48 kilometres above the poles ...