NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio
Sections of the planet’s jet streams have begun shifting towards the poles over the past several decades. It is most likely that this is a response to global warming due to our greenhouse gas emissions, and could exacerbate heat and drought in regions that depend on the high-altitude winds to steer storms their way.
Jet streams are bands of fast-moving winds high in the atmosphere that blow from west to…
