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 ...

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

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

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 ...

The Russian foreign minister emphasized that the anti-Russian sanctions war will backfire on those who started it ...

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

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

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

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 ...

In the stratosphere over Siberia, temperatures recently jumped nearly 100 degrees Fahrenheit, shoving the polar vortex off its North Pole perch.