Ep. 516: Polar Vortices
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- Published
- Mon 04 Feb 2019
- Episode Link
- https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/astro52/AC_516_Raw_2019_02_01.mp3
It's cold right now. Okay, fine, here on Vancouver Island, it's actually pretty warm. But for the rest of Canada and big parts of the US, it's terrifyingly cold. Colder than Mars or the North Pole cold. This is all thanks to the break up of the polar vortex. What are polar vertices, how do they form, and where else to we find them in the Solar System?
