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When planes fly from east to west, they are flying against a river of air called a jet stream. These air currents can make your flight longer or shorter, depending on which way you are going.
Ice Age glaciers can help us track the jet stream 12,000 ago, and by comparing its path today we can see how it’s moving northwards, changing weather patterns and indicating climate change.
Sudden warming more than 10 km above the north pole can mean sudden freezing down here.
Since 1979, the average number of snow days has fallen by about five per decade.
Last week, much of the Midwest and eastern US experienced hazy skies and red sunsets. The cause was smoke transported from the Western US by the jet stream and spread as far as Boston and even Europe.
The jet stream is being distorted on both sides by fast-warming tropical and Arctic air. Should the tropics win out, weather patterns could change profoundly.
A climate scientist goes to work – at 8,500 metres.
Jupiter’s bands are one of its most striking features – and can be seen from Earth – but they only go so deep within the giant planet. Now scientists think they know why.
And how long before such extreme heatwaves become the ‘new norm’ across the region?
A climate scientist explains what is going on with this heatwave.
No matter how cold it is, you’re lucky you don’t live on Venus.
An atmospheric scientist who studies the Arctic explains why – because of global warming – the U.S. may be in for longer cold spells in the winter.
Very few Atlantic hurricanes travel northwards like this.
Will 2017 be a ‘bbq summer’? It depends on changes in the jet stream.
Shifting air currents high up in the skies can have a big impact down on the ground.
Everyone loves to talk about the weather, and this winter Mother Nature has served up a feast to chew on. Few parts of the US have been spared her wrath. Severe drought and abnormally warm conditions continue…
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