Increasing air temperatures, attributable to climate change, mean more violent and harmful air turbulence, a new report has found.
One of the worst things about flying before the jet age began on a large scale in the late '50s was turbulence, and resulting air sickness.
But there are warnings, as well as some statistical claims, that things are getting rougher than before, despite the apparent smoothness of jet travel that has long been taken for granted by generations of air travellers.
We have already reached catastrophic system collapse. Recognising that is the first step to fighting it.
The students fighting to make this the climate change election
"You don't give the bully the attention. We’ll focus on what we know is real."
Is my hometown doomed to burn?
People stayed after Ash Wednesday because they thought it was the worst of the worst. They left because Black Saturday showed them it wasn't.
How one think tank poisoned Australia’s climate debate
One of the Institute of Public Affair's greatest successes has been to stitch climate denialism into the very fabric of the conservative political identity.
Abbott won’t give up Warringah without a fight
Crikey readers respond to independent Susan Moylan-Coombs' run at Tony Abbott's seat of Warringah.
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