American Airlines and Google were able to cut contrails made by jets by more than half during a small trial, a move that could significantly reduce the global-warming footprint of the travel industry, but with a slight increase to fuel use.
My uneducated guess - That article mentions the high sulphur content causing them to be reflective. If those weren’t there, the sun would be hitting the dark water and being absorbed instead of reflected. Contrails are just water and so probably absorb more energy instead of reflecting.
My uneducated guess - That article mentions the high sulphur content causing them to be reflective. If those weren’t there, the sun would be hitting the dark water and being absorbed instead of reflected. Contrails are just water and so probably absorb more energy instead of reflecting.