What lies at Mars’ polar regions? This video explores NASA's detailed 4K images captured by the HiRise camera on the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, revealing icy terrain, mysterious formations ...
When the vortex is strong, that cold air remains concentrated over the polar region; and those areas in the middle latitudes, including the U.S., generally experience a west-to-east air flow and ...
Here’s how they form and where the term came from. The polar vortex is a broad region of freezing air that lives above the North Pole. It can make for frigid weather when the jet stream ...