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Dr. Lopez Lang is an expert in polar vortices, which technically are stratospheric phenomena that occur at least six miles above sea level.

From New York Times • Jan. 18, 2023

Summer’s heat wave might still be fresh in our minds, but it won’t be long before the weather starts to change and we’ll be complaining about polar vortices and Arctic blasts once again.

From Slate • Sep. 19, 2018

Recent winters haven’t been cold, but we did get polar vortices in 2013 and 2014.

From Washington Post • Mar. 1, 2017