A strange thing happened in the stratosphere

Friday, September 2, 2016 - 13:31 in Physics & Chemistry

High above Earth’s tropics, a pattern of winds changed recently in a way that scientists had never seen in more than 60 years of consistent measurements. This disruption to the wind pattern – called the “quasi-biennial oscillation” – did not have any immediate impact on weather or climate as we experience it on Earth’s surface. […]

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