New Scientist17d
Is a broken jet stream causing extreme weather that lasts longer?
Scientists are scrambling to understand how climate change may be interfering with the winds that carry our weather, with ...
The intriguing phenomenon helping planes slingshot across the Atlantic at 800 mph
The jet stream has been pushing airliners across the Atlantic and Pacific oceans at high speed, with some west-to-east ...
Intense jet stream has planes moving faster than the speed of sound on flights bound for Europe
The planes didn’t break the sound barrier because it was the air moving them so quickly, not their engines. The report compared it to someone walking on a moving walkway at an airport – the person is ...
Jet stream helping planes slingshot across Atlantic Ocean at 800 mph
When Virgin Atlantic Flight 10 took off from New York’s JFK International Airport this week, it was running 1 hour 13 minutes ...
What impact did the jet stream have on winter storms in Georgia? See what experts said.
As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...
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Europe-bound planes reach high speeds of over 1,200km/h due to 'extreme' jet stream winds
One British Airways flight travelling from the US to Portugal reached a ground speed of 1,344km/h as it caught a lift from ...
The Washington Post9d
The intriguing phenomenon helping planes slingshot across the Atlantic at 800 mph
The jet stream usually slices over baroclinic zones, zipping through the air while clashing air masses bring precipitation. On Tuesday, for example — the same day that Virgin Atlantic flight ...