When The Arctic Sky Splits Apart

If you live in the northern hemisphere at the moment, you may be asking “why is it so cold?”, and you might have heard of something called the “stratospheric polar vortex” splitting apart in something called a “sudden stratospheric warming”. Confused? In this video I explain what’s going on, using research from my PhD on the subject!

For visualisations: https://earth.nullschool.net/ (have a play!)