Devastating winter storms that led to deaths and power outages across the UK and Ireland were driven by an intense swirling ...

Scientists say a "swirling polar vortex" miles above the Earth caused ... around the time of storm Eowyn in late January [2025]," he said. When Eowyn struck, the Met Office warned it posed a ...

Scientists believe deadly Arctic winds were to blame for a series of savage storms that wreaked havoc in Britain over just a ...

Scientists have said the storms were caused by a “swirling polar vortex” miles above the earth. Findings published in the Communications Earth and Environment journal show February 2022 was ...

"An intense stratospheric polar vortex can now be recognised as a warning to forecasters of increased risks of damaging storms. "This was likely seen in the most recent winter, around the time of ...

Researchers note that February was also characterised by an extremely strong stratospheric polar vortex - a large spinning mass of cold air in the stratosphere around 15 miles above the Arctic ...

Scientists have issued a warning to weather forecasters about a weather phenomenon that increases the risk of "damaging storms" hitting the UK. The Met Office has revealed a new reason for why ...

The Fram2 mission, which launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, is funded by Chinese-born Chun Wang.