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Ian McKay: How do we get rid of contrails?

Ian McKay: How do we get rid of contrails?

Update: 2025-09-23
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Founder of Orca Sciences reveals the surprisingly easy fix for contrails in aviation. As an incubator for other startups looking to get off the ground, Orca Sciences asks big questions like, how do we get rid of ‘sky graffiti’? Can you heat the earth directly? And can we just eat carbon?


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Podcast transcripts available on Substack


Ian McKay, Founder of Orca Sciences


Co-hosts 


Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder Stealth AI startup


Subscribe to Hannah's Substack 'Sustainability by numbers'

Want to get in touch? Email solvingforclimate@gmail.com


Maddie Drury, Series Producer


Transcriptions available: https://solvingforclimate.substack.com/


Co-hosts 


Hannah Ritchie, Deputy Editor and Lead Researcher, Our World in Data @_HannahRitchie 

Rob Stewart, Co-founder and Director of Sustainability, Koba


Subscribe to Hannah's Substack 'Sustainability by numbers'

Want to get in touch? Email solvingforclimate@gmail.com


Maddie Drury, Series Producer


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Ian McKay: How do we get rid of contrails?

Ian McKay: How do we get rid of contrails?