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polar vortex

A woman is shown bending over with a white propane tank in her hand and wearing a hooded jacket.
Top of The World
Freezing temps wreak havoc on utilities in US and Mexico
A man walks in the snow next to the Houses of Parliament in London on March 1. Brtain and much of the rest of Europe have been hit with a late winter blast linked to extreme warming in the Arctic.
Environment
Europe’s cold blast, Arctic’s heat wave are ‘two sides of the same coin’
Satellite image of the United States on January 4
Science
Weather ‘bombs’ and the link between severe winters and climate change
A man is silhouetted against condensation rising off of Lake Michigan in Chicago on January 6, 2014. Chicago was experiencing historic cold this week.
Environment
Could the polar vortex have something to do with global warming?
Environment
What’s a deep freeze for the US is just another day in northern Canada