Climate Change Could Take the Air Out of Wind Farms

Published: Dec. 12, 2017, 7:12 a.m.

Big offshore wind farms power Europe\u2019s drive for a carbon-free society, while rows of spinning turbines across America\u2019s heartland churn enough energy to power 25 million US homes. But a new study predicts that a changing climate will weaken winds that blow across much of the Northern hemisphere, possibly leading to big drops in clean wind energy.