That's why some are re-labelling the "
Polar Vortex" to the "Polar Coaster."
The recent
polar vortex is not at odds with the overall trend of climate change; variations in weather are short-term while climate patterns are long-term, and the past four years have been the hottest on record.
And if you listen to some climatologists, the
polar vortex was brought to us courtesy of humanity's media-hyped nemesis, global warming.
This one has shattered decades-old records." class="MsoNormalPeter Kerre, a Kenyan cyber security engineer who relocated to New York City from Minneapolis in Minnesota where he had lived for more than 10 years, said despite the fact that Minneapolis has colder weather, New York City's winter storms or
polar vortex are more brutal because New Yorkers do not drive.
Meteorologists have blamed a phenomenon called the
polar vortex for the bitter cold that has descended on much of the central and eastern United States this week.
Cities are all but shutting down across the US Midwest as the region shivers in a deadly cold snap known as a
polar vortex, BBC reports.
IF you think the UK is chilly, spare a thought for people in the USA and Canada where a
polar vortex has hit, sending temperatures as low as -50.C.
If you are reading about the "
Polar vortex," or experiencing it, you may, like the U.S.
A blast of Arctic air from a
polar vortex hasbrought dangerous, bone-chilling cold to a wide swath of the United States.
The bitter cold was caused by a displacement of the
polar vortex, a stream of air that normally spins around the stratosphere over the North Pole, but whose current was disrupted and was now pushing south.