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Bands of fast-moving wind that blow west to east around the world play a vital function in weather condition– a poleward shift in parts of these jet streams might trigger remarkable modifications in weather condition from the western United States to the Mediterranean
By James Dinneen
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An illustration of the polar jet stream
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Areas of the world’s jet streams have actually started moving towards the poles over the previous numerous years. It is probably that this is an action to international warming due to our greenhouse gas emissions, and might intensify heat and dry spell in areas that depend upon the high-altitude winds to guide storms their method.
Jet streams are bands of fast-moving winds high in the environment that blow from west to …
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