How Does Climate Change Affect This?

The recent declines in surface winds over Europe are linked with the “global terrestrial stilling” associated  with climate change, as published in Yale Environment 360. From 1978 until 2010, research showed a worldwide stilling of winds, with speeds dropping 2.3% per decade. In 2019, though, a group of researchers found that after 2010, global average wind speeds had actually increased — from 7 miles per hour to 7.4 miles per hour.