Most of us first spot them as children—the white lines in the blue sky that are the telltale sign of a flight overhead. Contrails are an instant visual reminder of air travel, and a source of much ...

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 ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images Commercial airplanes have made strides in reducing ...

Have you ever looked up at the sky and seen those white lines streaming out of an airplane and wondered what they were? Contrary to popular belief, there is a simple explanation. These white lines are ...

A crazy cold week in Florida brings starker contrails. But it's just winter conspiring against us, not the feds trying to ...

Enter the Arizona Legislature. A series of bills introduced this session aim to ban any effort to spray or inject any ...

Contrails—those cloudy tracks laid across the sky by jet planes—have a noteworthy effect on the local climate below, new research shows. A study recently published in the International Journal of ...

Of the varied conspiracy theories regarding contrails – you know, chemtrails – one stands out for being especially wrong: the belief that the plane-made clouds are chemicals the government is secretly ...

Despite conspiracy theories about so-called chemtrails, there’s no evidence that the white plumes seen trailing from high-flying airplanes are part of a secret government program to spray toxic ...

Contrails are created by jet engines cruising at altitude. Is it a cause for worry? Not in the way you might think. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Contrails — those lines of wispy white clouds that follow some jets — may not be so harmless. Airlines and scientists are coming to a consensus that the water vapor trails created by airplanes at high ...

Contrails — those lines of wispy white clouds that follow some jets — may not be so harmless. Airlines and scientists are coming to a consensus that the water vapor trails created by airplanes at high ...