Most of the discussion around climate change naturally revolves around temperature, but have wind speeds increased and become more variable? It seems to me that they have.
• In the past decade, a lot of research has focused on the practical consequences of climate change and wind has not been neglected. Studies have looked both at dangerously high winds and at the breezes that drive wind turbines.
Some studies of particular regions have reported a decrease in surface winds, but that might be partly due to regrowth of forests. Some computer models indicate an increase in the number and strength of…
