# U.S. Deploys Modified B-57 to Study Chemicals That Could Cool the Planet

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/u-s-deploys-modified-b-57-to-study-chemicals-that-could-cool-the-planet/
- Published: 2023-03-14T09:15:06-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo: A WB-57 aircraft. Photo credit: Chelsea Thompson / NOAA. Yale Environment 360 – March 10, 2023. U.S. scientists have deployed a modified Korean War-era bomber to measure trace gases in the stratosphere that reflect sunlight. The goal of the project: to better understand how humans might use such gases to cool an overheated planet. “Processes in the stratosphere […] Click here to view original web page at e360.yale.edu