A potentially significant weather phenomenon is underway in Antarctica, with reports suggesting that the southern polar vortex could be on the verge of splitting in two. This event, last observed in 2002, could lead to a sudden warming of the Antarctic stratosphere and subsequent hotter temperatures in Australia and South America.

Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2443183-the-antarctics-polar-vortex-could-be-about-to-split-in-two/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home