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Airline Emissions Fly High
Every day around 85,000 commercial airplanes take to the skies, emitting global warming gases such such as NOX, CO2, and water vapor into the atmosphere. Scientists estimate that when planes fly at altitudes of 27,000 feet and up, their emissions have a t
The airline industry makes up two percent of the world’s CO2 emissions, but at 27,000 feet in the sky those emissions pack more of a punch than they would at ground level. Living on Earth’s Ashley Ahearn reports on the industry’s slow flight to a green future.