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COVID-19 Is Messing With the Weather Forecast Too

Weather forecasts have become less accurate during the COVID-19 pandemic due to the reduction in commercial flights, according to new research. A new study in AGU’s journal Geophysical Research Letters finds the world lost 50-75 percent of its aircraft weather observations between March and May of this year, when many flights were grounded due to the pandemic. Aircraft ...

Troy Oakes

An airplane wing with clouds.