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How can AI stop contrails?

AI, or Artificial Intelligence, is being used to predict where and when contrails are most likely to form and cause the most warming. By making tiny adjustments to flight paths, planes can avoid these specific areas. The story explains that Google's AI will help planes in the North Atlantic's Shanwick airspace make these small changes to prevent the most damaging contrails.

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