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Climate change may affect flight duration
2016-02-15 13:42:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Hindu: The study calculates that a transatlantic aircraft will spend an extra 2,000 hours in the air every year. Flights from London to New York could take longer and be more expensive in the future due to the effects of climate change, according to a new study that may have implications for the aviation industry. By accelerating the jet stream - a high-altitude wind blowing from west to east across the Atlantic - climate change will speed up eastbound flights but slow down westbound flights, the...
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