Cleaner shipping emissions may have warmed the planet – but only a bit

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A significant reduction in sulphur emissions from the shipping industry is good news for human health, but it has also contributed slightly to atmospheric warming

A drop in harmful sulphur emissions from global shipping is argued by some researchers to be a factor behind the record-breaking heat seen in 2023, particularly in the North Atlantic Ocean.

While the drop has probably had only a very small warming effect on global average temperatures so far, it may have a more significant warming effect over coming decades.observed across much of the world in 2023, climate researchers point to two primary factors: the …

 

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