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Wired News: Hot on the Contrails of Weather: " May. 15, 2002 PT
Scientists have long suspected that airplane condensation trails -- the wispy, white tails found in the wake of high-flying jets -- form larger cloud banks that substantially alter the atmosphere's heat balance.
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Today's the Day. These jet-generated clouds, called contrails, may in turn play an important role in shaping our weather."