Krakatoa led to the discovery of jet streams

Aug 17, 2021 11:56 AM

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Full article: https://theconversation.com/how-a-volcano-and-flaming-red-sunsets-led-an-amateur-scientist-in-hawaii-to-discover-jet-streams-164299

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So many discoveries are by accident and some amateurs no less. Perhaps it's not too ambitious to wish that for myself.

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Just stay curious! :-)

4 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Always. Not knowing is the worst feeling.

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TL;DR?

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Jet streams influence weather and they were unknown before that. It took another 50+ years before the significance was realized tho.

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That’s one possible tl;dr from the article

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Thanks

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