Using satellite data to monitor and navigate icy waters
With sea traffic set to rise in a warming Arctic, researchers are helping sailors plot a safer course through sea ice and ...
New map of landscape beneath Antarctica unveiled
The most detailed map yet of the landscape beneath Antarctica's ice sheet has been assembled by a team of international ...
NASA's newest space telescope blasts off to map the entire sky and millions of galaxies
NASA’s newest space telescope rocketed into orbit Tuesday to map the entire sky like never before — a sweeping look at ...
Map shows return of cold weather this week amid polar vortex collapse warning
A polar vortex collapse could bring cold weather to the UK later this month, the Met Office has warned. The weather ...
Space.com16d
NASA set to deliver a knock-out PUNCH to mysteries of the solar wind
The secrets of the solar wind will soon come under renewed scrutiny ... that are set to blast off for a sun-synchronous low polar orbit on Tuesday (March 4). Skirting the day/night terminator ...
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Ask the Meteorologist: Was our recent stretch of cold, snow due to the "polar vortex?"
When the wind surrounding the polar vortex is strong, it's considered 'stable.' This means that the bulk of brutally cold air stays in close proximity to the Arctic. How does a stable polar vortex ...
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Average monthly wind velocity
What do the maps show? These maps show the average wind speed over Australia. They have been generated from the Bureau of Meteorology's Atmospheric high-resolution Regional Reanalysis for Australia ...
Air Cargo News20d
Polar Air Cargo JV to come to an end
Atlas Air Worldwide and DHL have announced they will close their joint venture Polar Air Cargo after 17 years of operations. The companies have decided that Polar Air Cargo is no longer a strategic ...
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Wind chills plummet to -40 degrees as polar vortex grips central United States
In the Northern Plains, wind chills are set to be anywhere between ... All of this is due to a break in the Polar Vortex. Fortunately, warm air is expected to begin moving in early next week ...
Chicago Sun-Times24d
Polar vortex brings wind chills as low as minus 20 to Chicago region
Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times Share Bitter cold temperatures are expected to continue throughout the week in Chicago, with wind chills plunging ... cold is part of a polar vortex that has ...
CBS News24d
Arctic air over Plains shatters record temperatures in North Dakota as Kentucky flooding death toll rises
More than 95 million people in the U.S. are facing gripping cold Tuesday as a polar vortex sends temperatures ... Some areas in the Midwest have wind chills as cold as -50 to -60 degrees, Orrison ...
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What is a polar vortex? US gets a taste of the Arctic this week
Forecasters say wind chills could hit -50 near the Canadian ... I'm Mimi Kiley reporting. The term "polar vortex" usually refers to the gigantic circular upper air weather pattern in the Arctic ...