Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, researchers found that two specific patterns in the polar vortex, a swirling ...

Bitingly cold Arctic air keeps pummeling the U.S. with ruthless cold snaps—despite warming winters nationwide. A study explains why: the solution lies far above your head, in the upper atmosphere ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...