The Polar Vortex, Explained

The polar jet stream plays a major role in our daily lives: the weaker it gets, the wackier our weather is, from the Texan deep freeze of 2021 to the snow bombs that have pummelled the West Coast over the past two weeks, and the winter storms now heading for the East Coast and Europe. And the polar jet stream appears to be weakening, according to scientists, as a result of Arctic warming caused by climate change. Read more about the impact of the polar vortex: https://time.com/6259746/colder-winte... Subscribe to TIME’s YouTube channel ►► http://ti.me/subscribe-time Subscribe to TIME: https://ti.me/3h3YluR Get the day’s top headlines to your inbox, curated by TIME editors: http://ti.me/the-brief Follow us: Twitter: https://ti.me/3Uu8YVy Facebook: https://ti.me/3Hf4iA2 Instagram: https://ti.me/3HekW2o