As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...

Climate scientists have long watched the jet stream with fascination and growing concern. These rivers of air racing across our planet at altitudes of roughly 5-9 miles dictate much of our day-to-day ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a large-scale climate pattern that has an impact on the ...

First, instead of moving storms quickly eastward, the sluggish jet stream stalled storm systems in place, causing prolonged downpours and flash flooding. When you purchase through links on our site, ...

A chilling polar vortex is set to bring snow and ice to the South and East this week. We show where.

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In South America, southern Africa, Australia and Oceania, summer weather is heavily influenced by the Southern Hemisphere’s Eddy-Driven Jet (EDJ), a wind belt that flows between 1.3–1.5 kilometres ...

Dartmouth researchers used machine learning and long-term climate records to construct a timeline of jet-stream variability since 1901. Nearly all prior studies of the jet stream focus on the period ...

La Niña continues as one of the leading playwrights of U.S. weather this winter, helping guide the jet stream and ...

On Wednesday, at least two transatlantic flights reached top ground speeds above 800 mph. They were still technically subsonic because they were propelled by a faster-than-usual jet stream. Recent ...

In Russia’s far eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, vast snowdrifts several metres high blocked building entrances and buried cars, ...