French researchers develop sophisticated mathematical model to study the behavior of earthly vortices, like hurricanes and ocean currents What do smoke rings, tornadoes and the Great Red Spot of ...
People navigate snowy streets and sidewalks the day after a snowstorm descended on the Chicago area. The Coriolis effect causes the convection from heating to break into three cells: one in the ...
With the bitter cold of winter descending upon the U.S., one may question what is responsible for this upcoming period of below-average temperatures. In short, the answer is the polar vortex. But what ...
The centre of the polar vortex (white dot) is displaced from the South Pole (white cross). Credit: ESA/VIRTIS-VenusX/INAF-IASF/LESIA-Obs. Paris/Univ. Lisbon/Univ ...
According to a recent study from the University of Helsinki, a vortex of a superfluid that has been quantized four times has three ways of dividing, depending on the temperature. The fluid transforms ...