The sun’s magnetic poles are about to flip, and it could cause lower latitude northern lights, more intense solar storms and potential danger for astronauts and satellite communication. However, ...

Earlier this month, a sudden atmospheric warming event caused the Arctic's polar vortex to reverse its trajectory. The swirling ring of cold air is now spinning in the wrong direction, which has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Atmospheric scientists were surprised earlier this month to notice that the Arctic's polar vortex reversed its trajectory as it ...

What if part of Earth’s magnetic field were to act in reverse, flipping a fundamental electrical pattern scientists had assumed for decades? That question now has a concrete answer, thanks to new ...

The polar vortex at the North Pole made a sudden U-turn March 4. The jet stream, which normally travels from west to east in the Arctic, reversed for 21 days. This rare event is known as sudden ...

Atmospheric scientists were surprised earlier this month to notice that the Arctic's polar vortex reversed its trajectory as it began spinning in the opposite direction. What's more: It has yet to ...