Scientists are exploring how to limit the harm from the familiar criss-cross lines in the sky, which are heating up the planet
On some otherwise cloudless days, the sky over England is criss-crossed with contrails from high-flying aircraft. These are a rapid accelerator of climate change.
None of these possible solutions will be developed quickly and all will be more expensive than existing technology, but the Whittle Laboratory in Cambridge believes that reducing contrails on the routes in the northern hemisphere with the heaviest traffic would have an immediate beneficial impact.
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