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Modern commercial aircraft flying at high altitudes create longer-lived planet-warming contrails than older aircraft, a new study has found.

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Modern planes fly at higher altitudes, creating longer-lasting contrails than older models, according to researchers from Imperial College London.

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Modern aircraft are producing longer-lasting contrails that warm the planet faster than those created by older aircraft, presenting a "double whammy" for the aviation industry's carbon reduction ...

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Modern commercial aircraft flying at high altitudes create longer-lived planet-warming contrails than older aircraft, with private jets the worst offenders.

Modern planes fly at higher altitudes, creating longer-lasting contrails than older models, according to researchers from Imperial College London.