this post was submitted on 07 Aug 2024
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The headline is misleading. On the day of the flight, contrails will make it warmer than the CO2 from that flight, but the CO2 will still be there long after the contrails are gone. Over time, its the CO2 that will have a bigger impact.
Quote from one of the sources referenced by the article:
Sure the title is not the best, and what you reference is what this 2018 study says.
What I got from the article itself, which is based on a new study published today (7 August 2024), could be summed up, perhaps, by the following: