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Impact of Climate Change on Aviation

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Impact of Climate Change on Aviation

Due to the high growth in activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry and

in addition to a decrease in the amount of fossil fuel utilized in aviation, emissions are expected

to rise to 3-5 percent of total world emissions by 2050 (Brasseur et al., 2016). Apart from the

effects of emissions on climate change, high-altitude flight affects natural climate processes and

global aviation. This includes both domestic and international passengers and freight. There is

about 3.5 percent of effective radiation that forces a closer measure of impact on warming.

For example, during a flight, the amount of fuel burnt by the aircraft and emitted in

particles and cast in a huge percentage is harmful to the environment and the climate itself. The

emitted gases include non-volatile black carbons, hydrocarbons, carbon (IV) oxide, carbon II

oxide, and water vapor. They are all taken through complex interaction among themselves and

with the changing background atmosphere, and through the processes, they become potentially

effective to climate.

On the other hand, increased temperatures significantly impact the aircraft's performance,

such as lowering lift. This effect has a knock-on effect on the required runway length. The

payload and range of the aircraft will be altered as a result of this process. Temperature changes,

precipitation involving both areas of rain and snow, storm patterns, and wind patterns are all

critical implications of climate change on aviation. Drought has become more common due to

climate change, as has an anticipated drop in water and energy supplies. (Coffel, 2015).

Biodiversity is also a problem that comes due to change in the climate. With these, the

consequences are faced by aviation due to climate change such as poor aircraft performance,

change in demand patterns, poor infrastructure, few numbers of passengers at a go under

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rescheduled timelines, and other times complete cancellation. This goes along way, leading to a

very poor network.

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References

Brasseur, G. P., Gupta, M., Anderson, B. E., Balasubramanian, S., Barrett, S., Duda, D., ... &

Zhou, C. (2016). Impact of aviation on climate: FAA's Aviation Climate Change

Research Initiative (ACRI) phase II. Bulletin of the American Meteorological

Society, 97(4), 561-583.

Coffel, E., & Horton, R. (2015). Climate change and the impact of extreme temperatures on

aviation. Weather, Climate, and Society, 7(1), 94-102.