Spring may have technically sprung in the Northern Hemisphere, but the lingering impact of the collapsing polar vortex could ...

Sudden stratospheric warming (SSW) is a fascinating yet perplexing weather phenomenon that has meteorologists scratching ...

Researchers say a spinning mass of cold air in the stratosphere above the Arctic in 2022 made it up to three times more ...

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

The findings of the new study were published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment. The polar vortex is an atmospheric circulation pattern that sits high above the poles, in a layer ...

Scientists have revealed the cause of three huge storms that battered the UK in space of a week in 2022. An "intense swirling ...

Researchers says the finding could help forecasters identify any increased risk of storm clusters up to a month before they ...

The UK has had its fair share of meteorological upheaval over the past few years. This year alone, we have experienced Arctic blasts, polar vortex collapses, and Storm Éowyn, which claimed lives and ...

Professor Amanda Maycock from the School of Earth and Environment who led the project, added: "The stormy conditions and strong stratospheric polar vortex during February 2022 bare parallels to ...