“They provide new insights into the complex processes that shape the polar vortices and their role in the atmosphere’s superrotation.” The Venus Express mission is currently funded until 2014, ...
When the polar vortex stumbles, the weather at ground level can pivot from mild to brutal in a matter of days. A circulation that usually spins quietly above the pole can suddenly send lobes of Arctic ...
A complex maze of lasers, lenses and mirrors has been used to twist light into a vortex shaped like a doughnut. Vortex rings are common in fluids – think of smoke rings floating in air or underwater ...
The polar vortex has emerged from hibernation, and scientists continue to monitor how it will affect weather this winter season across the United States. The polar vortex is a band of strong ...
The centre of the polar vortex (white dot) is displaced from the South Pole (white cross). Credit: ESA/VIRTIS-VenusX/INAF-IASF/LESIA-Obs. Paris/Univ. Lisbon/Univ ...