Twisting laser patterns into a corkscrew-like pattern, rather than sending the light beams in a line, promises to relieve some data gridlock, say scientists A bottleneck in data rates is coming, some ...

With the warming of winter creeping in, extreme cold events were expected to fade, but that was not the case. Though certain cold spells were normal variations in climate that felt cold against a hot ...

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 ...

High above the North Pole, in a slice of atmosphere rarely noticed and even less understood, a transformation is underway. Over the next 10 days, changes in the stratosphere will upend weather ...

High above the North Pole, in a largely overlooked part of the atmosphere, a major shift is taking shape. Over the next 10 days, developments in the stratosphere are expected to reshape global weather ...

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