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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...