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Study: Jet Exhaust Affects Weather

Posted by michael on from the messing-with-mother-earth dept.

An anonymous submitter writes: "Warp 10 speeds may affect... Ooops, wrong story.. Apparently, jets are affecting the weather and contributing to about a 3 degree daily temperature variation. Even a single degree variation in overall temperature (climate) is significant, but I'm not certain how significant is 3 degrees in local temperatures." We mentioned this before - there was a Wired story - but now their work has been published in Nature and the AP has picked up the story.

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  1. planes farting affects the weather by hype7 · · Score: 0, Funny

    I heard that cows farting affects the weather too.

    -- james

  2. If you don't want to affect the environment... by mshiltonj · · Score: 2, Funny

    ... don't breathe.

    --
    Software Wars
  3. Your right, by FreeLinux · · Score: 3, Funny

    This has been scaring the crap out of me for years! I've lost many a nights sleep fretting about the ocean rising, as it is. I don't know what to do but, its obvious that we've got to do something. And do it fast, we only have 1200 years before Miami sinks.

    Oh bother.

  4. Of course... by dustman · · Score: 1, Funny

    If a butterfly flapping its wings affects our whether, of course jet engines will!
    Sheesh, what are we paying these people for?