“As long as the temperature continues to get warmer, we’re going to see more turbulence. The two are directly correlated,” an aviation expert told VERIFY.
Summer travel can certainly have its share of bumps, including in the skies when airplanes encounter a sudden, chaotic shift in airflow known as turbulence.
Multiple social media posts claim instances of turbulence are increasing on flights, and many of the posts suggest climate change is to blame.
THE QUESTION
Is turbulence increasing on airline flights?
THE SOURCES
- Federal Aviation Administration
- National Transportation Safety Board
- National Weather Service
- American Geophysical Union
- University of Reading
- Study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, a peer-reviewed scientific journal
- Study published in Climate Dynamics, a peer-reviewed scientific journal
- Study published in Geophysical Research Letters, a peer-reviewed scientific journal
- Study published in Nature, a multidisciplinary science journal
- Larry Cornman, Ph.D., physicist and project scientist at the National …