Add bumpier flights to the list of effects climate change will have on travel


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Studies often look at how aviation expedites climate change, but this one suggests airlines have personal stake in slowing global warning: Increased turbulence could cost airlines millions in repairs.

A new paper in the journal Nature Climate Change argues that thanks to projected changes in the jet stream, one form of air turbulence will likely increase in intensity by between ten and 40 percent i