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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. Bah by delta407 · · Score: 4, Interesting

    All the concrete in the airports have been doing this for years. Ever hear of urban heat islands?