Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages in the UK and Ireland were made more likely by an intense ...

Sea ice extent is at record, and near record, lows for this time of year in both polar regions, leaving the planet ...

The extent of sea ice blanketing the Arctic this winter fell to the lowest level on record, researchers announced this week, ...

A team of researchers led by the University of Leeds has pinpointed a new reason for winter storm clusters such as ... “The stormy conditions and strong stratospheric polar vortex during February 2022 ...

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An intense stratospheric polar vortex can now be recognised as a warning to forecasters of increased risks of damaging storms. 'This was likely seen in the most recent winter, around the time of ...

As temperatures in Cochrane slowly begin to climb, the stars of the Cochrane Polar Bear Habitat are starting to feel the change. According to Amy Baxendell, manager of the habitat, the polar bears ...

A team of researchers has pinpointed a new reason for winter storm clusters such as the trio ... “The stormy conditions and strong stratospheric polar vortex during February 2022 bear parallels to ...

Powerful winter storms which led to deaths and power outages ... “The stormy conditions and strong stratospheric polar vortex during February 2022 bear parallels to other periods, such as what ...