Scientists of MIT officially study the impact of chemtrails on climate
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Delta Air Lines said Thursday it will work with the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology on a study examining the environmental
impact of airplane contrails.
The focus of the study is how to eliminate persistent contrails,
which make up about 10% of all contrails and create clouds that
trap heat and warm the earth, according to Delta.
Contrails form about 65% of the time when planes are at cruise
altitude and aircraft exhaust water vapor combines with atmospheric
water vapor to form clouds of ice crystals, yet only 10% last longer
than a few minutes. Those persistent contrails are believed to be
"one of aviation's largest environmental impacts," according to Delta.
One method to reduce the persistent contrails could be flying
at different altitudes to avoid airspace that produces them, which
Delta said could reduce the impact of aviation on the climate" by
around 80%."
Delta's chief sustainability officer Pam Fletcher said in a written
statement that the work "has the potential to make a major impact
on our environmental footprint within just a few years."
MIT will use an algorithm it created to predict where contrails are
likely to form.
"Working with airline partners gives us the needed access to flights
and operational expertise to conduct successful flight trials," said
Steven Barrett, director of MIT's Laboratory for Aviation and the
Environment, in a written statement. He added that contrail avoidance
"has the potential to greatly reduce the environmental impact of air
travel quickly and at low cost."
MIT plans to release the findings and technology created under
an open-source license so others can use them.