A pressure gradient also develops poleward of 30 degrees so that winds are driven to higher latitudes as well. So, from the mid-latitude surface high pressure center, winds head north and south.

Science is trying to understand how runaway warming in the Arctic can trigger extreme weather events like the Valencia flash ...

What is a magnetic pole reversal? During a pole reversal, Earth’s magnetic poles swap locations. Essentially, the north pole is transformed ... from the solar wind and cosmic rays from deep ...

A new study has revealed significant acceleration in the upper-ocean circulation of the equatorial Pacific over the past 30 ...

But the sudden switch-up has caused a record-breaking "ozone spike" above the North Pole. Related ... The vortex spins ...

Powerful winds at Saturn's north pole are fueling its aurora lights and ... theorized that a powerful double-vortex polar weather pattern could be the culprit behind Saturn's moving magnetic ...

At the same time as sunlight is driving evaporation and precipitation patterns, it is also creating winds ... toward the pole as part of a new air mass. At latitudes around 60° north and south ...

When the temperatures drop, ice sheets spread from the Poles and cover much of North America ... each shift alters global winds and ocean currents that in turn alter patterns of precipitation ...

Plateau uplift does, however, have a significant impact on climate, including the diversion of North Hemisphere westerly winds ... pattern of climatic change. Carbon dioxide influences the mean ...

And against this backdrop of winter's imminent arrival comes a new study that says unusual heat in the Arctic – caused by global ... pattern in the Arctic that envelops the North Pole.

In his previous run as climate change-skeptic-in-chief, Donald Trump pulled the U.S. from the Paris Accord and rolled back ...