The mechanism involves atmospheric waves that bounce between the upper atmosphere and ground level, amplifying weather patterns and making them more extreme. Scientists call this “stratospheric wave ...

While global temperatures are rising, climate change is paradoxically causing harsher and colder winters in many regions.

(Washington, D.C., July 9, 2025) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced today that agricultural ...

U.S. Secretary Brooke L. Rollins has announced that agricultural producers who suffered eligible crop losses due to natural disasters in 2023 and 2024 can now ...

USA Rice staff joined the newly sworn-in U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden for a ...

The Polar Vortex,an atmospheric phenomenon that shapes our winter weather,has been gaining attention as it undergoes changes ...

There are more ways than we knew for the stratospheric polar vortex to get disrupted, shooting cold air southwards across ...

Despite a warming climate, bone-chilling winter cold can grip parts of the U.S. In a study appearing in Science Advances, ...

Three factors are combining to increase the likelihood of a weaker polar vortex this winter, the website reports. And a ...

Three factors are combining to increase the likelihood of a weaker polar vortex this winter.

Every year, weather enthusiasts eagerly watch and wait for signs that the polar vortex, a mass of cold air spinning around the Arctic, might meander south, sending cold and snow into the lower ...