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 ...

Artificial intelligence could be used to prevent planes from creating planet-warming condensation trails, or contrails, according to a new study. Exactly how much impact contrails have on global ...

David Schechter is a national environmental correspondent and the host of "On the Dot with David Schechter," a guided journey to explore how we're changing the earth and earth is changing us. "A ...

Contrails from airplanes are a major source of global warming—but they’re also one climate problem that AI can help quickly reduce. The thin white clouds that often linger behind airplanes—contrails, ...

GE Aerospace is partnering with NASA to carry out a series of flight tests designed to improve the industry’s understanding of contrails. To be performed over the week commencing 18 November, 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 ...

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 ...