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Substantial aircraft contrail formation at low soot emission levels Christiane Voigt · Raphael Märkl · Daniel Sauer · Rebecca Dischl · Charles Renard · Katharina Seeliger · Fangqun Yu · Stefan Kaufmann · Tiziana Bräuer · Tina Jurkat-Witschas · Gauthier Le Chenadec · Julien Moreau · Emiliano Requena-Esteban · Nicolas Bonne · Margaux Vals · Amandine Roche · Joseph Zelina · Andreas Dörnbrack · Lisa Eirenschmalz · Christopher Heckl · Elisabeth Horst · Michael Lichtenstern · Andreas Marsing · Gregor Neumann · Anke Roiger · Monika Scheibe · Paul Stock · Andreas Giez · Georg Eckel · Patrick Le Clercq
Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10286-0In-flight observations show that the use of lean-burn combustion succeeds in reducing soot emissions from aircraft—yet contrail ice crystals still form and nucleate on volatile particles.
1 April 2026 at 08:00

Substantial aircraft contrail formation at low soot emission levels

Nature - Issue - nature.com science feeds

By: Christiane Voigt · Raphael Märkl · Daniel Sauer · Rebecca Dischl · Charles Renard · Katharina Seeliger · Fangqun Yu · Stefan Kaufmann · Tiziana Bräuer · Tina Jurkat-Witschas · Gauthier Le Chenadec · Julien Moreau · Emiliano Requena-Esteban · Nicolas Bonne · Margaux Vals · Amandine Roche · Joseph Zelina · Andreas Dörnbrack · Lisa Eirenschmalz · Christopher Heckl · Elisabeth Horst · Michael Lichtenstern · Andreas Marsing · Gregor Neumann · Anke Roiger · Monika Scheibe · Paul Stock · Andreas Giez · Georg Eckel · Patrick Le Clercq

1 April 2026 at 08:00

Nature, Published online: 01 April 2026; doi:10.1038/s41586-026-10286-0

In-flight observations show that the use of lean-burn combustion succeeds in reducing soot emissions from aircraft—yet contrail ice crystals still form and nucleate on volatile particles.