Air turbulence has been back in the news recently, with some airline flights being impacted severely enough that people wound up being hospitalized. But is there really more turbulence being observed or is the media just covering it more intensely leading to more people talking about it? Well, there is at least one group of meteorologists who claim that the amount of clear air turbulence has been steadily increasing for some time now. But what’s causing this increase? If your first guess was “racism,” this is one of those rare cases where you would be wrong, though I’m sure somebody suggested it. No, they are going with the other default answer to explain all the world’s ills and blaming climate change. (Wall Street Journal, subscription required)Read More
Guess what they’re blaming air turbulence on
