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Airlines are trying to curb the climate warming impact of contrails

As millions of Americans prepare to fly home for the holidays, their biggest planet-warming impact may not come from the carbon burned in their planes’ engines but the thin, wispy clouds that trail behind their flights.

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American Airlines demonstrated contrail-reducing technology
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American Airlines demonstrated contrail-reducing technology

Airliners can leave behind contrails—condensation trails—of ice crystals that form artificial clouds around particles in the planes’ exhaust. These clouds trap heat in the Earth’s atmosphere, and if we could reduce them, scientists believe that it could slow global warming.

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Curbing heat-trapping contrails
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Curbing contrails: a climate solution in the skies

The wispy condensation from jet airplanes can trap vast amounts of heat in the atmosphere.
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What is climate-neutral aviation and how do we get there?

Emissions other than carbon dioxide – especially contrails, which are well known to have a warming effect – are responsible for two-thirds of aviation’s climate impact. But these emissions aren’t covered by current international climate agreements and other efforts to mitigate climate change.

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Greener aviation fuels create fewer contrails. Here's what that means for global warming

Alternative jet fuels that create less soot could reduce the contribution of contrails to global warming, according to new research.
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fastest ways aviation could cut emissions
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The fastest ways aviation could cut emissions

From switching the fuel they use to changing flight plans so they produce fewer contrails, airlines are searching for ways to cut their impact on the climate.
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Greener air travel will depend on these emerging technologies
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Greener air travel will depend on these emerging technologies

Electric engines, alternative fuels, and better navigation could reduce emissions—and mitigate the impacts of a global return to the skies.
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