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How the jet stream influences storms and heatwaves
The jet stream, or any wind, is the result of differences in surface temperature. In simple terms, warm air rises, creating low pressure, and cold air sinks, creating high pressure. Wind is the ...
As the UK battens down for Storm Chandra experts look across the Atlantic to an Arctic blast in the United States for answers ...
As the Arctic rapidly warms, the temperature difference between the polar region and lower latitudes decreases, which weakens ...
In South America, southern Africa, Australia and Oceania, summer weather is heavily influenced by the Southern Hemisphere’s Eddy-Driven Jet (EDJ), a wind belt that flows between 1.3–1.5 kilometres ...
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