Your international vacation is a whole lot worse for the planet than we thought

Tourism is unquestionably beneficial to both economies and anyone seeking to visit new lands. 

However, your international vacation has a serious dark side.

A new study published this week in the journal Nature Climate Change suggests that vacationing actually releases far more climate change-inducing greenhouse gases into Earth's atmosphere than previously expected. 

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When taking into account not only the direct emissions from jet and automobile engines, but also the millions of supply chains needed to feed and support vacationers, researchers found that global tourism today generates 8 percent of the carbon we send into Earth’s atmosphere each year.  Read more...

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