Suggested Citation: "1 Overview." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2025. Developing a Research Agenda on Contrails and Their Climate Impacts. Washington, DC: The National ...

Small changes to aircraft flight paths to avoid the atmospheric conditions that create condensation trails—known as contrails—could reduce aviation's global warming impact by nearly half, a new study ...

A new study allays fears that rerouting flights to avoid forming climate-warming contrails could result in inadvertently making climate warming worse. A new study allays fears that rerouting flights ...

Aviation’s climate impact extends beyond carbon dioxide emissions. A new study from Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Imperial College, UK, reveals that ...

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 ...

BRUSSELS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Legal analysis carried out by Cornerstone Barristers concludes that countries must include non-CO2 emissions - which account for at least half of aviation’s climate impact - ...

In the skies over Hampton Roads it is common to see contrails, cloud-like strips of condensed water left behind by aircrafts at high altitude. Some dissipate within minutes, but depending on the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Airlines have tamped down on carbon emissions by flying planes at higher altitudes. But this comes at a cost: the higher-flying ...

Aviation is responsible for about 2.5 percent of global CO2 emissions, but its overall contribution to climate change is higher because of non-CO2 impacts such as contrails. New aircraft may be ...

Contrails – short for condensation trails – are linear clouds made up of ice crystals that form behind jet aircraft at high altitudes. These artificial cirrus clouds are formed when hot and moist ...

Visit NAP.edu/10766 to get more information about this book, to buy it in print, or to download it as a free PDF. The United States has been actively engaged and leading in all aspects of aviation, ...