{"672338":{"#nid":"672338","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"The irony of \u201clast chance\u201d travel in the age of climate change","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EExpedition cruises are the choice of adventurous, nature-loving and sustainability minded passengers who want to visit remote places, while also having a luxury experience. The locations of these expeditions are often threatened by climate change, giving travellers a chance to see endangered landscapes or species, possibly before they disappear. But burning fossil fuels to visit threatened environments definitely feels ironic.\u0026nbsp;The desire to witness these endangered landscapes like Greenland, which is experiencing record melting, is sometimes labelled \u201clast-chance tourism.\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.meghanaranganathan.com\u0022\u003EMeghana Ranganathan\u003C\/a\u003E, a postdoctoral fellow in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E, is quoted in this article\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":"","format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EExpedition cruises are the choice of adventurous, nature-loving and sustainability minded passengers who want to visit remote places, while also having a luxury experience. The locations of these expeditions are often threatened by climate change, giving travellers a chance to see endangered landscapes or species, possibly before they disappear. But burning fossil fuels to visit threatened environments definitely feels ironic.\u0026nbsp;The desire to witness these endangered landscapes like Greenland, which is experiencing record melting, is sometimes labelled \u201clast-chance tourism.\u201d \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.meghanaranganathan.com\u0022\u003EMeghana Ranganathan\u003C\/a\u003E, a postdoctoral fellow in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\u0022\u003ESchool of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;is quoted in this article\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2024-01-22 15:23:12","changed_gmt":"2024-01-22 15:28:13","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"Canadian Geographic","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/canadiangeographic.ca\/articles\/the-irony-of-last-chance-travel-in-the-age-of-climate-change\/","dateline":{"date":"2024-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2024-01-17T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (EAS)"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"},{"id":"135","name":"Research"},{"id":"134","name":"Student and Faculty"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"193445","name":"Meghana Ranganathan"},{"id":"171969","name":"Glaciers"},{"id":"171970","name":"Greenland"},{"id":"831","name":"climate change"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}