Google Launches 'Blue Skies' to Use AI for Contrail Avoidance
ymatias · x · 2026-08-19
Google launched 'Operation Blue Skies,' the world's first state-backed trial to avoid contrails across an oceanic airspace. The project uses AI to predict contrail-sensitive regions and deviate flight paths, employing ML on satellite imagery to verify impact. Contrails account for about one-third of aviation's climate impact.
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