Climate change leading to more clear-air turbulence during flights, says research
Climate change has made travelling by planes more turbulent today than it was four decades ago, according to a study.
The researchers from the University of Reading in the UK found that clear-air turbulence, which is invisible and hazardous to aircraft, has increased in various regions around the world.
The study, published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, found that at a typical point over the North Atlantic – one of the world’s busiest flight routes – the total annual duration of severe turbulence increased by 55 per cent from 17.7 hours in 1979 to 27.4 hours in 2020.
