Mysterious Anomaly: Reversal of Stratospheric Wind Pattern Observed for the First Time
Earth’s stratosphere lies just above the red-orange troposphere in this photo snapped by International Space Station astronauts in 2011. Late last year, unusual wind behavior interrupted a reliable stratospheric wind pattern known as the quasi-biennial oscillation. Credit: NASA/JSC Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth For the first time, scientists have observed a deviation from the typical alternating pattern of easterly … Continue reading
