polar vortex
a whirling mass of very cold air that sits over the North or South Pole: A displaced polar vortex is causing Arctic temperatures across the United States.
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Scientists are still analyzing the nexus between polar vortex events and climate change.
The polar vortex is a zone of cold air that normally spins like a top high above the North Pole.
At 32 degrees F—hardly a polar vortex—we saw the estimated driving range shrink from 270 miles to 208 miles.
Ford’s electric Mustang Mach-E is an important leap into the future | Dan Carney | February 12, 2021 | Popular-ScienceA blob of warm air high in the atmosphere has pushed the polar vortex off its axis over the past week.
The polar vortex is about to split in two. But what does that actually mean? | Philip Kiefer | January 11, 2021 | Popular-ScienceThe problem is that climate models completely disagree as to whether the polar vortex strengthens or weakens in the future.
The polar vortex is about to split in two. But what does that actually mean? | Philip Kiefer | January 11, 2021 | Popular-Science
She would leave every day of shooting during the polar vortex just grinning from ear-to-ear.
Lori Petty on ‘Orange Is the New Black,’ the Halcyon ‘90s, and Discovering Jennifer Lawrence | Marlow Stern | June 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTUndeterred by the crippling polar vortex that's left heaps of snow lying unceremoniously at every turn.
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