The contrail clouds formed by jet engines contribute to global warming. In-flight measurements of the particles emitted and contrails produced by a passenger jet show that contrails are formed through ...

Reducing aircraft soot emissions may not reduce contrail clouds, according to in-flight observations of emissions from a passenger jet with modern "lean-burn" engines, reported in Nature. Contrails ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Contrails — the white line-shaped clouds left behind by planes — pose a particular problem as they are able to trap heat. Julian ...

Aviation's climate impact is partly due to contrails—condensation that a plane streaks across the sky when it flies through icy and humid layers of the atmosphere. Contrails trap heat that radiates ...

Four research figures show how contrails appear in two satellite views (left) and two photographs taken from the MIT Green Building. Aviation’s climate impact is partly due to contrails — condensation ...

SINGAPORE – The white streaks left by planes as they zip through the skies make a pretty sight, but they can harm the planet at times. These vapour clouds formed from planes’ engine exhaust are known ...

Passenger aircraft contribute significantly to global warming, primarily due to the large amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) emitted during flights - one of the main greenhouse gases driving climate ...

Soot emissions alone cannot explain the formation of contrails, as recent atmospheric research findings show. With extremely low-sulphur fuels, volatile organic compounds and lubricating oil vapours ...

Contrails conjure a sense of something overwhelming and ineffable, as terrifying as it is beautiful. By Kate Folk I spend most days working from home, in my apartment in San Francisco’s Richmond ...