BBC: Wavier Jet Stream ‘May Drive Weather Shift’

2014, Arctic Amplification, Atmosphere, Extreme Weather, Jet Stream / Polar Vortex, Northern Hemisphere, Polar Amplification, UK5 Comments

BBC: New research suggests that the main system that helps determine the weather over Northern Europe and North America may be changing. The study shows that the so-called jet stream has increasingly taken a longer, meandering path. This has resulted in weather remaining the same for more prolonged periods. The work was presented at the…