6.9B
km
Driving distance
Like driving an average gasoline-powered car 6.9B kilometers.
Cruise comparisons
More ways to understand cruise emissions
Estimated CO₂ from verified tracked cruise vessels since monitoring began, translated into everyday comparisons.
Cruise comparisons are based on verified AIS-tracked vessels in the current curated registry, not all cruise ships worldwide.
Everyday life
Travel, fuel, and familiar routines translated into a human scale.
825K
return flights
Amsterdam-New York flights
Equivalent to 825K passenger return flights between Amsterdam and New York.
803K
times around Earth
Train journeys around Earth
Like travelling around Earth 803K times by modern passenger train.
571.2M
liters
Gasoline burned
Equivalent to burning 571.2M liters of gasoline.
Homes & energy
Household electricity, daily routines, and annual footprint reference points.
880K
households
Annual electricity use
Enough to match the annual electricity use of 880K average households.
879.7M
showers
Hot showers
Equivalent to the estimated emissions from 879.7M hot showers.
287K
households
Household emissions
Equivalent to the annual carbon footprint of 287K average households.
Nature & land
Illustrative tree and annual forest-absorption comparisons.
185K
football fields
Forest area as football fields
A forest covering 185K football fields absorbing CO₂ over one year at the assumed average rate.
Hectares132K
Square kilometers1K
Football fields185K
1.3M
trees
Trees over lifetime
Estimated newly planted trees required to absorb this CO₂ over an assumed 45-year lifetime.
1K
km2
Forest area
A forested area of 1K square kilometers absorbing CO₂ over one year at the assumed average rate.
Hectares132K
Square kilometers1K
Football fields185K
Products
Indicative production footprints for familiar consumer goods.
439.8M
hamburgers
Hamburgers
Equivalent to the estimated production emissions of 439.8M hamburgers.
26.4B
cups
Cups of coffee
Equivalent to the estimated production emissions of 26.4B cups of coffee.
18.8M
smartphones
Smartphones manufactured
Equivalent to the estimated manufacturing emissions of 18.8M smartphones.
329.9M
T-shirts
Cotton T-shirts
Equivalent to the estimated production emissions of 329.9M cotton T-shirts.
Assumptions
How to read these cruise comparisons
These comparisons are illustrative. They use average emissions factors and should be read as scale indicators, not exact one-to-one offsets. Cruise figures are based on estimated CO₂ from verified tracked cruise vessels since monitoring began, using observed AIS activity and the current curated registry. Tree comparisons estimate newly planted trees absorbing CO₂ over an assumed 45-year lifetime. Actual values vary by vessel operation, fuel use, routing, weather, data coverage, country, technology, and environmental conditions.