Aviation soot interactions with natural cirrus clouds are unlikely to have a significant impact on global climate

Righi, Mattia; Testa, Baptiste; Beer, Christof G.; Hendricks, Johannes; Kanji, Zamin A.

doi:10.5194/acp-25-18341-2025

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Aviation soot interactions with natural cirrus clouds are unlikely to have a significant impact on global climate

Mattia Righi, Baptiste Testa, Christof G. Beer, Johannes Hendricks, and Zamin A. Kanji

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The effective radiative forcing due to the effect of aviation soot on natural cirrus clouds is likely very small, thus confirming most previous studies, but for the first time with the support of laboratory measurements specifically targeting aviation soot and its ice nucleation ability.