This tiny Belgian plane 'sniffs' out polluting ships

Oct 7, 2021

The small plane can detect emissions from vessels below.

An in-person inspection of a single ship’s emissions would take a whole day to complete. Image: Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences

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