Passenger jet planes fly in the upper atmosphere where their engine exhausts leave contrials of fine ice particles. These can be dispersed by winds to


Passenger jet planes fly in the upper atmosphere where their engine exhausts leave contrials of fine ice particles. These can be dispersed by winds to form 'jet-stream' cirrus contributing to global dimming.


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Location: Scarborough, UK
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