Analyzing the distribution of potential vorticity helped the meteorologists understand the rapid cyclogenesis over the Atlantic.

Sailors told tales of the vile vortices that swallowed entire islands without a trace.

The pilot waited on the runway for the wake vortices from the departing jumbo jet to dissipate.

When the superfluid is rotated, quantized vortices form a triangular lattice that reveals the system's angular momentum.

During winter, polar vortices can expand and send frigid air deep into populated regions, disrupting travel and power supplies.