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"That weak wave action kept the strongest polar vortex winds further from the South Pole by several degrees of latitude, creating a larger area for conditions ideal for ozone depletion to occur."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

"But an unusually powerful polar vortex has extended ozone depletion in the Antarctic this season, allowing the hole to grow to proportions we haven't seen in a decade."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 11, 2026

Could the earliest weakening of the polar vortex on record bring UK snow?

From BBC ● Nov. 11, 2026

But this circulation, known as the polar vortex, has weakened and shifted position in recent days.

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

Though I am in still water far away from its centre, I feel the whirl of the vortex sucking me slowly, irresistibly, inescapably into itself.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque

Her drawings, which come in sets of two or three near-identical shapes, have "a beautiful intricacy to them" and "look like swirling vortexes", he said.

From BBC ● Dec. 9, 2025

Its three suns move and align in such a way as to create regular but random apocalyptic events, from infernal heat to sudden ice ages to gravitational vortexes, that destroy the civilization again and again.

From New York Times ● Mar. 22, 2024

Their findings revealed that swimmers can utilize water flow and vortexes more effectively as their speed increases.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 14, 2024

Mobulas are known to create vortex formations when feeding or resting, but this is the first time vortexes have been reported in a mating context.

From National Geographic ● Nov. 20, 2023

Little vortexes of dust spiral around the block as I step down from the trailer with my parents.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

"These nanoscale vortices could help develop computers that resemble biological brains," said Sudbø.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

Although most people have never heard of skyrmions, these microscopic magnetic vortices may eventually play an important role in how computers store and process data.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 26, 2026

In effect, the steps acted like tiny rails, creating preferred pathways for quantum vortices to follow.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Being able to control where these vortices travel could therefore help scientists improve superconducting devices.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

Hooke also did away with the vortices, introducing the idea of what we would now call ‘action at a distance’—gravity reaching out across empty space to tug on the Moon or the planets.

From "The Scientists" by John Gribbin