Chris Thorncroft
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Chris Thorncroft
@cthorncroft.bsky.social
UAlbany - Meteorologist - ASRC Director
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Reposted by Chris Thorncroft
You might think aviation's biggest #climate impact is the CO2 created by the enormous amount of jet fuel burned by planes crisscrossing the globe. And you'd be wrong.

It's contrails — and @albany.edu atmospheric scientists are working to solve that problem.

www.albany.edu/news-center/...
UAlbany Atmospheric Scientist Proposes Innovative Method to Reduce Aviation’s Climate Impact
ASRC's Fangqun Yu suggests that adding a tiny amount of ice-nucleating particles into aircraft engine exhaust could make contrails far less harmful by shortening their lifespan.
www.albany.edu
December 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
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A.I. is a powerful tool for weather prediction — but can it replace human expertise?

On The Short Version, Kara Sulia of #UAlbany's Atmospheric Sciences Research Center explains how A.I. helps us understand weather and where it hits its limits. 🌩️🎙️
the-short-version.simplecast.com/episodes/he-...
The weather machine: Kara Sulia on what AI can (and can't) tell us about weather | The Short Version
Kara Sulia, director of the xCITE Lab at UAlbany's Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, explains how artificial intelligence can help us understand the weather and risks it poses — and why human scie...
the-short-version.simplecast.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:53 PM
wow! 🙁
December 22, 2024 at 3:58 PM
One more chance for DCL!
November 23, 2024 at 11:13 AM