BOULDER, Colo. — There’s a river of air thousands of feet above our heads called the jet stream. And new research shows that the peak wind speeds in the jet stream are getting faster as the atmosphere ...

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Jet streams play a key role in how tornadoes are formed. When it comes to tornadoes, you’ve seen them, and you’ve seen what they can do. But do you really know how a tornado forms into that monstrous ...

The jet stream, or any wind, is the result of differences in surface temperature. In simple terms, warm air rises, creating low pressure, and cold air sinks, creating high pressure. Wind is the ...