The jet stream is being distorted on both sides by fast-warming tropical and Arctic air. Should the tropics win out, weather patterns could change profoundly.
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A climate scientist goes to work – at 8,500 metres.
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A climate scientist explains what is going on with this heatwave.
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Shifting air currents high up in the skies can have a big impact down on the ground.
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Visiting Professor, Rutgers University
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Researcher, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS), University of Leeds
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Academic Research Fellow, Institute for Climate and Atmospheric Science (ICAS), University of Leeds
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Post Doctoral Research Fellow in Space Science, University of Birmingham
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PhD researcher in atmospheric jet streams and climate variability, University of Sheffield
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Lecturer in Climate Science, Loughborough University
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Senior Lecturer in Physics, Nottingham Trent University
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Professor of Climate Science, National Centre for Atmospheric Science, University of Reading
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Professor of Climatology, Durham University
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Research fellow and researcher in climate and fluid physics, Australian National University
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Associate Professor in Physical Climate Science, University of Oxford
