Reducing aircraft soot might not actually reduce the climate effects of contrails

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Apr 1, 2026, 7:20 pm125 ptsTrending
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…

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