The aviation industry has long been accused of contributing
to climate change. Now, in a new study, scientists have found that climate
change will affect aviation - by increasing air turbulence and causing flights
to get bumpier.
In the first study to examine the future of aviation
turbulence, Dr Paul Williams from the University of Reading, together with Dr
Manoj Joshi from the University of East Anglia, analysed supercomputer
simulations of the atmospheric jet stream over the North Atlantic Ocean.