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Scientists Shed Light on the Mysterious ‘Cold Blob’ in the North Atlantic Amid a Search for Its Cause
In two recent studies, researchers suggest a weakening ocean current system is to blame for a persistent cold spot in the ...
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Drive down the 47th parallel on this local road that's ‘more than halfway to the North Pole'
A local historian's journey to find out if Mount Rainier lies on the 47th parallel led to the discovery that one of ...
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The polar vortex is coming—and raising the odds for intense winter weather - National Geographic
The mass of extremely warm air threw the freezing polar vortex out of balance, shoving it off its North Pole axis so forcefully that it in effect split in two, as if growing a pair of legs: one ...