Thursday, July 18, 2019

How Airplane Contrails Are Helping Make the Planet Warmer

Yale ENVIRONMENT 360

Contrails over Manitoba. A PinP photo.

New research shows that condensation trails from aircraft exhaust are playing a significant role in global warming. Experts are concerned that efforts to change aviation engine design to reduce CO2 emissions could actually create more contrails and raise daily temperatures even more. Story here.

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