{"id":292628,"date":"2023-12-25T14:47:37","date_gmt":"2023-12-25T13:47:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=292628"},"modified":"2023-12-25T14:47:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-25T13:47:40","slug":"cold-spells-and-the-polar-vortex-climate-at-a-glance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=292628","title":{"rendered":"Cold Spells and The Polar Vortex | Climate at a Glance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"399\" data-attachment-id=\"292631\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=292631\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-25-144641.png?fit=1014%2C560&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1014,560\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0Screenshot-2023-12-25-144641\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-25-144641.png?fit=723%2C399&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-25-144641.png?resize=723%2C399&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-292631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-25-144641.png?w=1014&amp;ssl=1 1014w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-25-144641.png?resize=300%2C166&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/0Screenshot-2023-12-25-144641.png?resize=768%2C424&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HeartlandInstitute\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/ytc\/AIf8zZSdz7NKqSXft3AAidPpizsqxTJmu80jQt1NR6kIyA=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@HeartlandInstitute\">The Heartland Institute<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the first of a new series based on The Heartland Institute&#8217;s Climate at a Glance for Teachers and Students, research fellow Linnea Lueken presents the facts about cold spells, the polar vortex, and their connection (or lack thereof) to global warming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; 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