Contrails — the white line-shaped clouds left behind by planes — pose a particular problem as they are able to trap heat. Julian Stratenschulte/dpa Passenger aircraft contribute significantly to ...

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 ...

If you look up at the sky on a clear day, chances are you'll notice thin, white clouds—also known as contrails—following behind airplanes. The formation of these wispy ice clouds is a complex process ...

Fangqun Yu, a senior research faculty member at the University at Albany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, has developed an advanced model for simulating contrail formation and has published ...

It's no secret that the world is facing a climate crisis, and that businesses are looking at ways to limit their carbon footprint, in a bid to help lower greenhouse gas emissions amid the harsh ...

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 ...