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The polar vortex will soon elongate over North America with a dangerous cold moving into sections of Canada and the U.S. One of the most notable and widespread Arctic outbreaks that we have seen ...

The first is the polar jet stream, a huge current of air that circles the globe between 50 and 60 degrees north latitude within the low-altitude troposphere, the same layer of atmosphere where ...

One of the key players in these dramatic shifts is something called the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a massive area of cold air located high in the atmosphere, typically spinning over the ...

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Flood warnings remain in place for Marble Bar after more than 100 millimetres ... forecast over the next few days across the De Grey catchment may cause river levels to rise.

small marble-like debris has begun washing up on the city's shores again. The balls - this time grey or white in colour - have prompted councils to shut nine beaches, including popular Manly and ...

Satellites orbiting the Earth have captured the effects of a "polar vortex" on camera, as swathes of the U.S. are gripped by Arctic conditions. One image taken by the National Environmental ...