These scientists chased a jet to learn more about ‘lean-burn’ contrails
About this episode
This episode discusses research on contrails and their environmental implications.
In this episode: 00:46 Collecting contrails at 30,000 feet Research Article: Voigt et al. 11:23 Research Highlights Nature: Sunken Soviet nuclear submarine’s radioactive release Nature: History of ‘forever’ chemicals is written in Antarctic snow 13:34 Fakery in science April Fakes Day Subscribe to Nature Briefing, an unmissable daily round-up of science news, opinion and analysis free in your inbox every weekday. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Topics covered
- contrails
- lean-burn
- science research
- environmental impact
- radioactive release
- forever chemicals
Keywords
- contrails
- lean-burn
- science
- radioactive release
- forever chemicals
- Antarctic snow
- fakery in science
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Springer Nature Limited, Nature, Nature Briefing
Books & works: Voigt et al.
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