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Ocean shipping generating as much CO2 as aviation

While emissions from aircraft have received quite a bit of attention recently, particularly because much of it is at high altitude, there have been several recent studies of shipping emissions as well. Those studies by the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the German Aerospace Center DLR and by the College of Marine and Earth Studies of the University of Delaware are indicating that CO2 emissions from shipping are comparable to those from aircraft and some other emissions are much higher. The graph above is plotted on a logarithmic scale, so ... Read more →

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