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What is Earth’s Polar Vortex?

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The Polar Vortex is a large area of low pressure and cold air that permanently surrounds the Earth’s North and South Poles. While it is often discussed as a single “weather event” when it causes cold snaps, it is actually a constant atmospheric feature that becomes stronger in the winter and weaker in the summer.

There are actually two distinct polar vortices in our atmosphere: one in the troposphere (where we live and where weather occurs) and one in the stratosphere (much higher up).


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