The Washington Post on MSN13d
As U.S. shivered through polar vortex, one state was unusually warm
It’s been warmer in Alaska than in three dozen other states. If someone asked you, “Where can I go in the United States to ...
USA Today3d
The puzzling and powerful polar vortex faces 'big uncertainty' as Earth warms
Miles above the Earth, two bands of fast-moving air – the polar jet stream and the stratospheric polar vortex – sometimes ... ridge of high pressure over Alaska may have helped force the ...
Alaska Dispatch News12d
Earth’s warming is weakening the polar vortex. Here’s what that means for extreme cold.
Research has found that rising temperatures in the Arctic are weakening weather systems that normally trap the cold around ...
The Boston Globe20d
High pressure and polar air: The science behind our shivering cold snaps
Arctic air is making New England feel colder than Anchorage ... the jet stream so high to the north of Alaska, it briefly interacted with the polar vortex before dipping far south, speeding ...
Siberian air to make Trump swearing-in coldest in 40 years
The vast majority of Americans are about to get an extended taste of frigid Siberian weather. Another polar vortex disruption will stretch Arctic air across the top of the globe and make Donald ...