Scientists may finally have an answer for why the ferocious jet streams on the solar system’s giant planets blow in opposite directions - eastward on gas giants Jupiter and Saturn, and westward on ice ...

The jet stream also played a role in the 2025 hurricane season. Given its west-to-east wind direction, the southward dip of the jet stream—along with a weak high pressure system over the ...

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Fallen tree debris along a road left behind by Hurricane Melissa in Kingston, Jamaica, in October. A University of Dayton researcher argues the extreme weather of 2025, from flash floods to hurricanes ...

(The Conversation) – The summer of 2025 brought unprecedented flash flooding across the U.S., with the central and eastern regions hit particularly hard. These storms claimed hundreds of lives across ...

First, instead of moving storms quickly eastward, the sluggish jet stream stalled storm systems in place, causing prolonged downpours and flash flooding. When you purchase through links on our site, ...