The scientific consensus is that contrails have a net warming impact, although some, like those colored blue in this image, have a cooling effect.
Credit: Breakthrough Energy
Contrail formation prevention may help aviation’s sustainability efforts, and industry ought to take advantage of this low-hanging fruit sooner rather than later, environmentalists assert. Meanwhile, air traffic control organizations, concerned about the practicalities involved, have adopted a more...
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