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Flights could get bumpier as climate change makes air turbulence much more frequent
As the Earth warms, wind shear is getting stronger and more widespread. In addition, global warming…
'Sledgehammer' winds have led SpaceX to postpone its launch to Friday
SpaceX has been trying for over a year now to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rockets onto an …
Jessica Orwig
Cyclone Asna to hit Gujarat; Kutch, Morbi, Jamnagar, Dwarka brace for heavy rains and flash floods
A deep depression currently positioned over Gujarat's Kutch coast is rapidly intensifying and is ex…
A Southwest flight came 150 feet from crashing in the sea. Experts suspect 'pure human error.'
A Southwest flight is being investigated after it flew dangerously close to Tampa's Courtney Campbe…
Mikhaila Friel
The science you need to know before seeing 'Twisters'
You don't need a degree in meteorology to understand "Twisters," but if your tornado science is a l…
Jenny McGrath
A top turbulence scientist explains how he stays calm on bumpy flights
Turbulence is getting worse, scientist Paul Williams has found. But he has tips for coping with it …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
Cyclone 'Remal' intensifies into severe cyclonic storm; To hit West Bengal-Bangladesh coasts Sunday night
Cyclone 'Remal' has intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and is expected to make landfall betwe…
PTI
Monsoon arrives early in Kerala today amid heavy rains and flooding in the state!
Intense rains and a cloudburst event earlier this week, likely triggered by Cyclone Remal, had part…
Flying is about to become even more miserable
Delays, bumpy rides, and even the cost of flying could get worse as the climate crisis escalates.
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
I toured American's pilot training academy, where new hires learn to fly Airbus and Boeing jets. Here's what the 3-week program looks like.
American Airlines requires thousands of flight hours just to get hired, but newly hired pilots must…
Taylor Rains
Be warned: Flights are getting bumpier
Air travel is getting more turbulent thanks to climate change. And the problem isn't going away.
Michelle Mastro
Severe air turbulence has increased by more than 50% in the past 40 years because of climate change, and it could get even worse, a new study finds
Clear-air turbulence is invisible, hard to forecast, and predicted to double by 2050. Climate chang…
Bianca Giacobone
2 people were injured and an emergency exit sign was shattered on a turbulent Air China flight
A passenger and flight attendant were injured and transported to a nearby hospital after an Air Chi…
Monica Humphries
Tornado Alley is shifting East, putting states like Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama at higher risk of devastating twisters
More tornadoes are touching down east of Tornado Alley in recent decades, and researchers anticipat…
Rebecca Strong
A Lufthansa pilot traced a 15-mile-long penis shape in the sky after being asked to divert his plane
After a Lufthansa pilot was asked to divert their aircraft, they spent 16 minutes doing loops in th…
Joshua Zitser
Large part of Gujarat's Gir Somnath grapples with waterlogging after heavy rains
As heavy rainfall hit the Gir Somnath district of Gujarat, Sutrapada City remained waterlogged. Ye…
ANI
Climate change is making plane turbulence worse, and it could make flights bumpier and more expensive
Climate change is disrupting the jet stream and worsening turbulence, which could force planes to t…
Crystal Raypole
Charter planes are descending on the Nevada desert and the pop-up Black Rock City airport — as tech bros and billionaires gather for Burning Man
For one week every year, a dried-up lakebed in the Nevada desert becomes an airport that ushers in …
Grace Kay,Taylor Rains,Jordan Hart
The biggest potential loser of the OpenAI fiasco was Satya Nadella. Now he's outsmarted them all.
Microsoft had no AI backup plan besides OpenAI. By hiring Sam Altman, he's won in every way.
Julie Bort
This couple quit city life to take up a dream job as caretakers of a remote Irish island
Emily Campbell and Dan Regan run a coffee shop and cottages on Great Blasket Island, where they ent…