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AI to prevent climate-trail flights over North Atlantic
A UK-led 30-month trial aims to use AI and weather data to predict and help pilots avoid areas where contrails—ice clouds formed by aircraft exhaust—contribute significantly to climate warming. The project, involving Google, government agencies, and aviation authorities, will mainly modify flight altitudes during low-traffic periods to reduce contrail formation over the North Atlantic, with minimal additional fuel use. This effort seeks to address the environmental impact of aviation, which scientists estimate accounts for a substantial portion of aviation-related climate warming.
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