The polar vortex is sending arctic blasts and chilly temperatures to most of the United States, and states from Texas to Oklahoma could see snow, sleet and ice. As of Wednesday, Jan. 21, millions of ...

When an electron travels through a polar crystalline solid, its negative charge attracts the positively charged atomic cores, causing the surrounding crystal lattice to deform. The electron and ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images The sudden blast may come as a shock to many Americans after a mostly mild start ...

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Polar vortexes are a year-round phenomenon. But Chicago-area residents only notice them when they collapse, experts say. That’s what’s happening starting Thursday when dangerously frigid air from ...

Chicago's 2026 Polar Plunge was cancelled due to extreme weather and beach conditions. The plunge was scheduled for Saturday. Organizers released the following statement in part: "This was not a ...

Satellite image of a bomb cyclone. It’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere. We are actually having a proper one this year. Irrespective of what is going on with our climate, it is supposed to be cold ...

A potentially major snow storm this weekend could give way to a blast of Arctic air for the second consecutive week. The next polar vortex impact is expected to follow a storm that could dump 6 inches ...

To understand what Americans are experiencing with this winter blast, we need to look more than 20 miles above the surface of Earth, to the stratospheric polar vortex. When you purchase through links ...

A polar vortex is bringing bone-chilling temperatures to Toronto and the GTA, ahead of another snowstorm set to hit southern Ontario on Sunday. Environment Canada has issued a “yellow warning” for the ...