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Several areas in the UK are likely to be battered by snow for 96 hours as the weather maps turn white and purple in a -3C polar blast. According to the weather maps by WXCharts, the snowy ...

Temperatures could plummet to teeth-chattering lows across the UK in days, new maps suggest. Forecast data collected by wxcharts.com from yesterday showed almost all regions of the UK seeing the ...

The system, known as a polar vortex, is forecast to bring subzero temperatures to the Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and deep into the South. And it looks as if we may get more arctic blasts in the coming ...

How is climate change affecting polar regions? Climate change is amplified in the polar regions. The northern and southern reaches of the planet are warming faster than any area on Earth, with the ...

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A dangerous and potentially life-threatening stretch of cold weather has much of the U.S. on alert as a lobe of the polar vortex invades the nation and sends temperatures tumbling to levels not ...

And if the polar vortex is to blame. First, a quick refresher on the polar vortex. The polar vortex is a region of very strong winds that form a circle around the North Pole. The vortex is located ...

Victoria is the oldest of four polar bears kept at the Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms National Park. At the grand old age of 28 her keepers say she has reached the stage in her life when ...

It's a term you hear every couple of winters, when we get stuck in the coldest of cold patterns – polar vortex. But what exactly is it and how does it impact our weather? The polar vortex is ...

The snow-covered Peace Monument outside the Capitol on Feb. 12. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP) ...