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This should be some interesting reading for you if you haven't read it already: Some scientists believe that from the days after 9/11 (when everybody was ground
by kerbalspacepro 10y ago
This should be some interesting reading for you if you haven't read it already: Some scientists believe that from the days after 9/11 (when everybody was grounded) that planes and their pollutants actually have a cooling effect on the planet; they reflect sunlight more into space.
[1]http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/contrail-effect.html http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/space/contrail-effect.html
- harwoodleon 10y agoI did read that at the time, and it is interesting. But as James Lovelock says - one of the first people to alert us about rising co2 - smoke or soot is the only countermeasure we have now, but it is a very short term fix and the other gases mixed with it lead to rapid longer term warming. Water vapour from planes (contrails) have a complex effect and is not yet fully understood see: http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/airplane-contrails-may-be-creating-accidental-geoengineering-180957561/ http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/airplane-contra...