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Understanding the impact of aviation on global warming
04 Nov 2021

Major new study reveals that aviation could consume up to one-sixth of the remaining temperature budget to limit warming to 1.5 ˚C.



Aeroplane contrails seen from space.
Credit: NASA

Aviation is responsible for more global warming than implied by its carbon footprint alone.

According to new research published today, aviation could consume up one-sixth of the remaining temperature budget required to limit warming to 1.5˚C by 2050. The article, published in Environmental Research Letters, suggests that emissions produced by the aviation industry must be reduced each year if the sector’s emissions are not to increase warming further. The study was part-funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) through a Covid-19 urgency grant and national capability funding to NERC’s National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) with research conducted by scientists from the Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) RAL Space.