Why Climate Change Could Make Your Next Flight a Bumpier One
- Study suggests erratic jet streams will increase turbulence
- Passengers may need to stay buckled up across the Atlantic
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Keeping your seat belt buckled for the duration of trans-Atlantic flights increasingly looks like a good idea, according to a study of weather systems.
The research by meteorologists at the University of Reading in England, published this week in the journal Nature, shows climate change is creating more turbulent air for planes because changes in wind speed at different altitudes are becoming more extreme.