Death by turbulence is rare, experts say. But researchers warn climate change may be causing more extreme turbulence.

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One passenger died and 30 others were injured aboard a Singapore Airlines flight that was hit by 'severe turbulence,' officials said Tuesday, but experts say such deaths are rare even as researchers warn climate change may be causing more extreme cases of turbulence. Since 2009, the National Transportation Safety Board said, the U.S.

” Nelson and a group of researchers say such incidents of clear-air turbulence — which is difficult to forecast and avoid because it is not associated with storms — are on the rise due to climate change. A 2023 study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters found that severe clear-air turbulence increased by more than 50% over the North Atlantic Ocean from 1979 to 2020.

 

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