The shifting of the jet stream over Europe caused by global warming will lead to clear-air turbulence.
Climate change will lead to bumpier flights caused by increased mid-air turbulence, according to an analysis by scientists of the impact of global warming on weather systems over the next four decades.
The increasing air turbulence results from the impact of climate change on the jet streams, the fast, mile-wide winds that whistle round the planet at the same altitude as airliners. The shifting of the jet stream over Europe has also been blamed for the UK's wash-out summer in 2012 and frozen spring this year.
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Flights have become bumpier in the past 44 years, and are set to get worse as climate change affects the jet stream, a study has shown.
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