Airplane contrails seem to have a cooling effect during the day.
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Taking a day flight is a quick way to limit your vacation’s climate impact, as new research suggests vapor trails produced by jets can cool the Earth during the day There is a possibility that
Soot particles emitted by jet engines cause the formation of ice crystals, causing a trail of condensation that can spread and last for several hours. These persistent contrails, as they are known, help reflect solar radiation back into space, which has a cooling effect. But they also prevent heat from escaping…
