After Earth just experienced its hottest year on record, it may seem surprising to set so many cold records.

Extreme cold still happens in a warming world

Climate instability may in fact be disrupting the polar vortex this winter

Earlier this month, extremely cold Arctic air and severe winter weather have swept southward, breaking daily low-temperature records. These severe cold events occur when the polar jet stream — the familiar jet stream of winter that runs along the boundary between Arctic and more temperate air — dips deeply southward, bringing the cold Arctic air