Night flights also cause the most warming, because the clouds are just trapping heat. Daytime flights create less damaging contrails because they reflect some sunlight to offset the heat they’re ...

The situation looks worse at night. When the Sun is not shining, contrails hinder the emission of heat from the Earth's surface, contributing to global warming. The study also noted that 62 ...

The water vapor from the hot plane engine turns to ice mid-air which we see as white lines in the sky called contrails. This is the same phenomenon we see when we breathe hot air on a cold day.

One way that passenger jets can impact our planet is in producing those wispy white lines called contrails that we so often see streaking across the sky. Now, a new research effort focusing on ...