Satellites can see the pollution trails from individual ships

Satellites can see the pollution trails from individual ships
By Andy Tomaswick

All hands have to be on deck if the world is going to tackle degradation, and one of the biggest emitters is also one of the least well known – international shipping.  A 2018 study estimated that pollution emitted from cargo ships resulted in 400,000 annual premature deaths from lung cancer and heart disease.  Many …

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December 1, 2020 at 11:39PM
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