Wind shear is a phenomenon describing highly localized variability in wind speed and/or wind direction. Because wind shear can affect the angle of attack on an airfoil (e.g., the wing, or control surfaces of an airplane) wind shear can cause a loss of...

Wind shear, sometimes referred to as windshear or wind gradient, is a difference in wind speed and direction over a relatively short distance in the atmosphere. Wind shear can be broken down into vertical and horizontal components, with horizontal wind...

Officials from Israel and Iran put aside political animosity Tuesday to work together in using Israeli forensics expertise to identify their dead from the crash of a jetliner on this Thai resort island.A Thai aviation official, meanwhile, revealed that half of the Phuket airport's wind-shear...

The debate over whether global warming affects hurricanes may be running into some unexpected turbulence. Many researchers believe warming is causing the storms to get stronger, while others aren't so sure. Now, a new study raises the possibility that global warming might even make it...

An Indonesian jetliner battled sudden wind shear before crash-landing, damaging an emergency door in business class that may have prevented some passengers from escaping after it erupted in flames, the pilot and an investigator said Friday.Twenty-one people died, but 119 others survived after scrambling through...

As the world warms, the United States will face more severe thunderstorms with deadly lightning, damaging hail and the potential for tornadoes, a trailblazing study by NASA scientists suggests.While other research has warned of broad weather changes on a large scale, like more extreme hurricanes...