Description

Overview:

“I love to travel. But I hate the fact that something I love to do, creates so much pollution.” In this episode of TILclimate (Today I Learned: Climate), MIT professor Steven Barrett and host Laur Hesse Fisher dig into how — and why — air travel impacts our earth’s climate, and what solutions are on the horizon. They explore the surprising heating effect of condensation trails (“contrails”), how computer simulations of the earth’s climate system are built, and what scientists and engineers are doing to make flying, well, less bad for the planet.

Subject:

Atmospheric Science

Level:

Community College / Lower Division, College / Upper Division

Material Type:

Lesson

Provider:

MIT

Provider Set:

TILclimate Educator Hub

Date Added:

06/22/2022