Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 6, 2020
In addition to CO 2 , air traffic causes condensation trails and nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions from the combustion of the airplane’s fuel. Seen together, the climate impact of these two factors is bigger than that of the sector’s carbon emissions. The formation and emission of sulfate aerosol yields a negative (cooling) term.
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