Polar vortex emerges over the north pole.
Meteorological autumn is upon us, and usually that means that the mighty polar vortex is about to make its seasonal return. You can read in …
Andrej Flis
Record south stratospheric warming brings cold to Australia and even reduces the size of the ozone hole!
A few days ago, we wrote about the intense sudden stratospheric warming starting over the south pole. As recent data shows, it will go down …
How the winter 2018/2019 ranks, and which winter was the coldest in the last 50 years in Europe?
Before going further into autumn and closer to a new winter season, we will be taking a last look at the previous winter of …
Volcanoes in Iceland are slowly waking up. Which one will erupt first?
Iceland is a very well known volcanic island in the North Atlantic. It is one of the most active volcanic regions in the world, and …
Sudden stratospheric warming over the south pole, rising temperatures more than 40°C above normal.
As we have summer and warmth here on the north hemisphere, there is winter on the south side of the globe. And every winter, regardless …
July 2019, warmest July on record globally. But some areas were actually colder than normal, including Europe!
As August slowly comes to an end, we quickly take a look back at June and July 2019 temperature anomalies. There are many different datasets …
Forest fires in Siberia, sending ash into the Arctic.
As the fires in the Amazon forest continue, across the world in the north hemisphere, severe forest fires are also raging in Siberia. Just like …
Amazon severe forest fires, sending smoke across the south hemisphere.
Widespread raging wildfires across the Amazon area, are a true ecological disaster, with heavy destruction of a very rich natural ecosystem. Wildfires in this region …