Modern aircraft are producing longer-lasting contrails that warm the planet faster than those created by older aircraft, presenting a "double whammy" for the aviation industry's carbon reduction ...

Have you ever looked up and seen straight lines of clouds across the sky in the wake of a jet airliner? These are "contrails," which is short for "condensation trails." Contrails are made of ice ...

Should you be scared of jet contrails, the white streaks billowing across the sky? John Lin, an associate professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Utah, sat down with City Weekly to set ...

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 ...

As Covid-19’s initial wave crested around the world, travel restrictions and a drop in passengers led to a record number of grounded flights in 2020. The air travel reduction cleared the skies of not ...

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 ...