Contrails are clouds made of ice particles, which can be created when airplanes fly through cold, humid air. Persistent contrails are estimated to have a warming climate impact. Flight tests will ...

LYON—Thales and France-based carrier Amelia are scaling up their collaboration on preventing the formation of condensation trails, or contrails, as Amelia will apply prevention measures to every ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. IN THE SKIES OVER MONTANA ― It was a six hour flight that officially didn't go anywhere, but could help usher in a new chapter of ...

Report seeks shared models and data systems to investigate contrail impact and mitigation strategies Artist rendering of the concept of operations for the 2024 NASA ...

Airlines have tamped down on carbon emissions by flying planes at higher altitudes. But this comes at a cost: the higher-flying aircraft are creating more contrails that last longer, worsening the ...

If you look up in the sky during a sunny day, you might see long, skinny looking clouds coming from behind planes. Those are contrails, short for ‘condensation trails.’ Airplane engines produce them ...

Last week while I was out taking other pictures around sunset, I looked up and saw a gull sitting on a light pole. I like gulls OK, but it was the plane behind the bird that really caught my eye.

Marc Shapiro is the Director of the Breakthrough Energy Contrails team, one of American’s partners on contrail avoidance. Below, he answers our questions on the science behind contrail avoidance ...

The challenge of addressing aviation’s non-carbon dioxide emissions is receiving greater attention, with the climatic impact associated with tell-tale signs in the sky coming under increased study.