Mumbai to London - 10:05

London to Mumbai - 08:45

Is this because of earth’s rotation?

  • ogeist@lemmy.world
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    9 days ago

    Oh I always thought it was the rotation itself, great info!

    Is this the same stream that makes Europe have a different temperature than North America?

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      18 hours ago

      Is this the same stream that makes Europe have a different temperature than North America?

      That sounds like the Gulf stream which is a water current in the Atlantic Ocean. That’s a different “stream” than the jet stream.

    • frongt@lemmy.zip
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      9 days ago

      In terms of climate? That’s more about where exactly the jet stream normally falls. It acts as a sort of air curtain between the cold polar air and the warm equatorial air, like the air curtains over a door to an air conditioned building. The exact path of the jet stream is affected by the strength of the polar and equatorial systems.

      Also, if the climate gets really screwed up and the jet stream weakens or changes paths, places are gonna have to adapt to new climates real fuckin quick.