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Climate change is shifting global air currents, and it will lead to more droughts, floods and heatwaves

Huge jetstreams that circle Earth are being altered by climate change, scientists have warned. 

The researchers claim that man-made global warming has slowed down the way that air flows and distributes weather - and the consequences could be severe.

They say the shift will see an increase in extreme weather globally, including more deadly droughts, floods and heatwaves.Jetstreams are influenced by the difference in temperatures between the equator and the Arctic.

These streams circle the Earth and transport heat and moisture from the Arctic to the tropics.