Researchers have found that growth in aviation is leading to poorer air quality.
Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) evaluated the effects of a global expansion in aviation and found that the impact on air quality was two-four times higher than the climate impact.
As part of the research, which was published in IOP Publishing’s Environmental Research Letters, the team looked closely at the industry and assessed how the damage could be reduced by creating a comparative assessment of aviation emission trade-offs.
The lead researcher on the study, Dr Sebastian Eastham, from the Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment in MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, said:
‘Aviation emissions are an increasingly significant contributor to anthropogenic climate change. They cause 5% of global climate forcing.
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