Carbon dioxide emissions of Antarctic tourism
Abstract The increase of tourism to the Antarctic continent may entail not only local but also global environmental impacts. These latter impacts, which are mainly caused by transport, have been generally ignored. As a result, there is a lack of data on the global impacts of Antarctic tourism in ter...
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crcambridgeupr:10.1017/s0954102011000435 2024-06-23T07:46:17+00:00 Carbon dioxide emissions of Antarctic tourism Farreny, Ramon Oliver-Solà, Jordi Lamers, Machiel Amelung, Bas Gabarrell, Xavier Rieradevall, Joan Boada, Martí Benayas, Javier 2011 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0954102011000435 https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/S0954102011000435 en eng Cambridge University Press (CUP) https://www.cambridge.org/core/terms Antarctic Science volume 23, issue 6, page 556-566 ISSN 0954-1020 1365-2079 journal-article 2011 crcambridgeupr https://doi.org/10.1017/s0954102011000435 2024-06-12T04:04:58Z Abstract The increase of tourism to the Antarctic continent may entail not only local but also global environmental impacts. These latter impacts, which are mainly caused by transport, have been generally ignored. As a result, there is a lack of data on the global impacts of Antarctic tourism in terms of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. This paper presents and applies a methodology for quantifying CO 2 emissions, both for the Antarctic vessel fleet as a whole and per passenger (both per trip and per day). The results indicate that the average tourist trip to Antarctica results in 5.44 t of CO 2 emissions per passenger, or 0.49 t per passenger and day. Approximately 70% of these emissions are attributable to cruising and 30% to flying, which highlights the global environmental relevance of local transport for this type of tourism. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctic Antarctic Science Antarctica Cambridge University Press Antarctic The Antarctic Antarctic Science 23 6 556 566 |
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Abstract The increase of tourism to the Antarctic continent may entail not only local but also global environmental impacts. These latter impacts, which are mainly caused by transport, have been generally ignored. As a result, there is a lack of data on the global impacts of Antarctic tourism in terms of energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. This paper presents and applies a methodology for quantifying CO 2 emissions, both for the Antarctic vessel fleet as a whole and per passenger (both per trip and per day). The results indicate that the average tourist trip to Antarctica results in 5.44 t of CO 2 emissions per passenger, or 0.49 t per passenger and day. Approximately 70% of these emissions are attributable to cruising and 30% to flying, which highlights the global environmental relevance of local transport for this type of tourism. |
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Farreny, Ramon Oliver-Solà, Jordi Lamers, Machiel Amelung, Bas Gabarrell, Xavier Rieradevall, Joan Boada, Martí Benayas, Javier Carbon dioxide emissions of Antarctic tourism |
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Carbon dioxide emissions of Antarctic tourism |
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