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Water gives slightly more radiative forcing than CO2 from airplanes, and the effects of NOx are negligible. But of course the water disappears from that altitud
by labster 5y ago
Water gives slightly more radiative forcing than CO2 from airplanes, and the effects of NOx are negligible. But of course the water disappears from that altitude in hours, while CO2 has a long atmospheric residence time.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04068-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-018-04068-0
- dr_dshiv 5y agoThe article implies that the radiative forcing is from the contrail clouds, not from the water per se. Perhaps there is an opportunity for a fuel additive that minimizes the formation of cirrus clouds, if the clouds are the source of so much of the climate impact.