The Met Office has revealed that a 'blocked pattern' in the jet stream is to blame for the particularly soggy spell.
The polar vortex is a low-pressure area of cold winds, positioned 10 to 30 miles above the North Pole, that typically blows around the pole in a west-to-east direction (hence the term “vortex”). It’s ...
Florida’s rare cold snaps can leave iguanas frozen and falling from trees. Here’s the science behind the phenomenon and what ...