Pressure for backing Kyoto Protocol grows
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Tourist pressure grows
On New Year's Eve, one of the world's largest aircraft, a Qantas Airbus A380 will set off for a 9,000 kilometre round trip over the Antarctic for tourists to enjoy the spectacular scenery. These tourists will leave a very large carbon footprint, even without landing on the continent, but there is additional, increasing concern about the growing pressure from cruise ships and other tourists wish...
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عنوان ژورنال: Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union
سال: 2002
ISSN: 0096-3941
DOI: 10.1029/2002eo000188