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

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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
Photo credit: © Nick Greaves / Alamy / Afripics
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