The polar vortex has shifted from obscure jargon to a phrase that can shut down schools, snarl air travel and strain power grids across continents. In the 2020s, as the climate warms and ...

Water, salt, and heat all get mixed within eddies with important climate consequences, but the boundary of an eddy is hard to ...

Over the years, passing spacecraft have observed mystifying weather patterns at the poles of Jupiter and Saturn. The two planets host very different types of polar vortices, which are huge atmospheric ...