Resumen de Jet extreme
Gradually, knowledge of the jet stream circulated around the globe, too--albeit by unconventional means. Today, surfing the jet stream is commonplace: slipstreaming on it eastbound can slice up to an hour off a flight across the Atlantic. Jet stream is no rarefied curiosity. Its speed and path is the invisible hand guiding most weather systems on the continents below. When it falters, extremes of all sorts can result, from freeze-ups to droughts, heatwaves and catastrophic floods. That makes it all the more worrying that, just lately, the jet stream has seemed to be changing. Here, Pearce discusses why the jet stream is changing.
