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Astronomy conference travel is on par with Africa’s per-capita carbon footprint

09 May 2024
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Climate cost: the study is the first to look at the emissions produced by scientists travelling to meetings in an entire field. (Courtesy: iStock/sharply_done)
Travel to more than 350 astronomy meetings in 2019 resulted in the emission of 42,500 tonnes of carb

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