Climate Change Is Rewriting the Rules of Turbulence—and Cockpits Are Playing Catch-Up
For decades, turbulence was treated as a known nuisance—unpredictable, occasionally dangerous, but broadly manageable within the design assumptions of modern aircraft. Engineers modeled it, pilots trained for it, and passengers endured it. However, the atmosphere those assumptions were built on is changing. Global warming is not just nudging temperatures upward;…
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