The crowd of spectators was much larger than the number of people lined up to go into the icy waters of the Charlottetown harbour for Thursday's polar bear dip. Conditions were icy for the 36th annual ...

Snow season has gotten off to a fast start across swaths of the northern United States this year. Fueled in part by an unusually early disruption to the polar vortex — which is now easing — 18 states ...

Earth’s atmosphere is held together by a delicate balance of jet streams, pressure gradients, and the Coriolis force. But when topography, ocean events like El Niño, or random disruptions hit the ...

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Every year, the winter buzzwords start to fly before we set the Thanksgiving table. And who doesn't love feasting on the polar vortex? Everyone's favorite (or favorite to hate) phenomenon spins up in ...

The blast is courtesy of our old wintertime foe the polar vortex, said Weather Trader meteorologist Ryan Maue on X, while the source of the cold comes all the way from such miserably figid spots such ...

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When it comes to Arctic apex predators, the polar bear is the first animal that typically comes to mind. It’s a top predator, feasting on seals and occasionally other sea mammals. Its hunting skills ...

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