Flights at a Turning Point: Can Altering Altitudes Reduce Aviation's Carbon Footprint?
The British government and Google UK have teamed up on an ambitious project to reduce the environmental impact of air travel, one of the fastest growing contributors to greenhouse gas emissions.
By adjusting flight paths over the northeastern Atlantic Ocean, researchers aim to demonstrate a substantial decrease in contrail formation – those eerie white clouds that form behind airplanes when they fly through cold and humid air.