The white, cloudy contrails that airplanes often leave in the sky may be full of ice crystals, but they're warming the globe. They trap infrared radiation on its way out into space which slightly heats the Earth.
The white, cloudy contrails that airplanes often leave in the sky may be full of ice crystals, but they're warming the globe. They trap infrared radiation on its way out into space which slightly heats the Earth.
The white, cloudy contrails airplanes often leave in the sky may be full of ice crystals, but they're warming the globe. Fresh contrails tend to trap outbound infrared radiation, slightly heating Earth.