AI helps airline pilots avoid areas that create polluting contrails

Experiment by Google and American Airlines reduces vapour trails, which are a source of global heating

Aircraft contrails – or clouds of condensation behind planes – have been a familiar sight in skies across the world since the start of the jet age. However, a new experiment by Google and American Airlines suggests they could soon become much rarer, in a small but significant win that could assist the battle to cut aviation emissions.

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