Bumpy Skies: How Climate Change Increases Air Turbulence

Fonte: International Business Times

This UGC picture taken on July 1, 2024 and released as a courtesy by passenger Claudio Fernandez Arbes shows damages in an Air Europa Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner after it made an emergency landing in Natal, in northern Brazil, on July 1, 2024, after hitting strong turbulence on its way from Madrid to Montevideo. AFP The seatbelt sign pings on, trays rattle, drinks slosh in their glasses. For many flyers, air turbulence can be an unnerving experience -- and in a world warming under the effects of climate change, it is only set to worsen, according to a growing body of scientific evidence.