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Reducing aircraft soot might not actually reduce the climate effects of contrails
- April 1, 2026 at 11:20 PM
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Reducing aircraft soot emissions may not reduce contrail clouds, according to in-flight observations of emissions from a passenger jet with modern "lean-burn" engines, reported in Nature. Contrails from aircraft contribute to the climate-warming impacts of aviation. The findings demonstrate that more work is needed to understand and reduce the climate impact of jet engine emissions.
Originally published at Phys.org