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Yet over the past 30 years evidence has emerged that condensation trails — or “contrails” — may present at least as much of a ...

Taking a day flight could be a swift way to limit the climate impact of a holiday, as new research suggests vapour trails produced by jets can cool the planet during the daytime. Soot particles ...

An unexpected experiment -- the sudden three-day grounding of air traffic after last September's terrorist attacks -- shows that high altitude jet contrails are having an important impact on ...

Robust sustainability criteria prioritizing minimal life-cycle carbon intensity can help to ensure that sustainable aviation ...

You've definitely seen them in the sky before, but have you ever wondered how plane contrails form? Typically it's a fairly simple process of condensation from jet engines, but sometimes it's just the ...