Why Are Wind Speeds Slowing?
While it’s still way too early to know if this is a long-term, permanent change, in theory it makes sense. Since the Earth’s poles warm faster than the equator, especially now thanks global warming, it means the differences in temp between the two locales would decrease. A more uniform temp across the globe means less air pressure (the stronger the barometric pressure, the stronger winds that are produced). “Lower pressure means less winds.” On the other hand, there are several reasons why research stations may falsely report slower winds, for example, as trees grow they may suddenly block monitoring stations causing false reads on wind speeds. Also, there is still much that scientists don’t understand about wind and weather patterns. While the monitoring stations may be reporting slower wind speeds, the researchers admit that computer simulation programs are not noting this. Although, scientists in Australia and Europe are also noticing similar speed reductions, which gives more credi
