Climate scientists have long watched the jet stream with fascination and growing concern. These rivers of air racing across our planet at altitudes of roughly 5-9 miles dictate much of our day-to-day ...

When you flip the thermostat down on a sweltering afternoon, you might not think about what's happening five or six miles above your head. Yet the behavior of high-altitude winds called jet streams is ...

A multi-century climate record suggests that current Atlantic jet-stream variations are not the cause of an increase in extreme weather events. Read the paper: Past hydroclimate extremes in Europe ...