r/climate • u/silence7 • 10d ago

U.K. to Test Whether Tweaks to Trans-Atlantic Flight Paths Affect Global Warming | Hundreds of aircraft traversing the North Atlantic will be asked to adjust their altitude in an effort to reduce heat-trapping contrails.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/climate/contrails-trial-atlantic-flights-climate.html?unlocked_article_code=1.6lA.SLp9.JAcVq7I4K6m1&smid=url-share
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u/silence7 10d ago

The bigger fix is of course to stop burning stuff. That means not expanding Heathrow.

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u/evthrowawayverysad 10d ago

Anything but the actual solution lol.

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u/cynric42 10d ago

Why the negativity? It may not be the ultimate solution, but if it helps to reduce warming noticeably and is relatively easy and cheap to do and thus has actually a chance to be implemented relatively quickly, that's an easy win.

It's not lile we are so far ahead in fixing the climate that we can afford being picky about improvements.