If you've flown recently, there's a good chance that you may have thought to yourself that in-flight turbulence seems to be more common now. Well, science backs up that self-thinking!
The vertical shear in jet streams is now 15 percent stronger than in 1979 when observations began. Wind shear causes turbulence. And it's only going to get worse.
Occurrences of severe turbulence could triple by 2025 as wind shears become stronger.
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