Feb 27, 2018 ... Record warmth in the Arctic this month could yet prove to be a freak ... of the polar  vortex, the circle of strong winds that keep the Arctic cold by deflecting other air  masses. ... the warming at the pole – closer to 3C – is melting the ice mass. ... “ This is too short-term an excursion to say whether or not it changes ...
Jan 7, 2014 ... Get up to speed on our polar vortex fact-checks: The media created the term " polar vortex" and the cold air proves "the ice isn't melting.".
Dec 19, 2017 ... Happening Now: The Polar Vortex, Winter Storm Grayson, and ... by long-term  losses in the extent and thickness of the sea ice cover, the ... In addition to  affecting the ocean circulation patterns, Arctic sea ice is melting more rapidly and  ... area of low pressure and cold air surrounding both of Earth's poles.
Jan 6, 2014 ... But it could be that melting Arctic ice is making sudden cold snaps more ... The  National Weather Service isn't kidding when it calls the cold ... the freeze and the  recent snowstorms and say, essentially, “nyah-nyah. ... Usually the fast winds in  the vortex—which can top 100 mph (161 k/h)—keep that cold air ...
Jan 7, 2014 ... (Updated*) Renegade polar vortex sends media science and weather ... greater  gouts of cold air out of the high Arctic much farther south and more ... Maybe say  that global warming left the barn door open and the north wind has .... which  means there isn't any ice melting, and we know about the global ...
Says the media created the term "polar vortex" and the cold air proves "the ice isn’t melting."