Antarctic tourism becoming 'ecologically unsustainable', study warns


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Tourists visit Orne Harbur in South Shetland Islands, Antarctica on November 08, 2019. — File Photo by Johan ORDONEZ/AFP

Tourism in Antarctica is causing serious environmental damage, a report warned recently, calling for restrictions and reforms to reduce carbon emissions on the southernmost continent.

The report, published in the Science Advances journal, suggested a rise in maritime tourism, along with fires in the southern hemisphere, is associated with a concentration of black carbon in the Antarctic Peninsula.

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