Contrails and the Greenhouse Effect
Among emissions from jet engines in addition to CO 2, NO x, and CO is H 2O, or water vapor, which at the sub-freezing temperatures of the flight levels where jets fly manifests itself as contrails when humidity levels are appropriate. Contrails are, of course, mini clouds, which some scientists...
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