An astronomical institute’s perspective on meeting the challenges of the climate crisis
Knud Jahnke, Christian Fendt, Morgan Fouesneau, Iskren Georgiev, Tom Herbst, Melanie Kaasinen, Diana Kossakowski, Jan Rybizki, Martin Schlecker, Gregor Seidel, Thomas Henning, Laura Kreidberg, Hans-Walter Rix
Analysing greenhouse gas emissions of an astronomical institute is a first step in reducing its environmental impact. Here, we break down the emissions of the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy in Heidelberg and propose measures for reductions.
Comments: Originated at EAS 2020 conference, sustainability session by https://astronomersforplanet.earth – published in Nature Astronomy, September 2020
Subjects: Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics (astro-ph.IM); Physics and Society (physics.soc-ph)
Journal reference: Nature Astronomy, Volume 4, p. 812-815 (2020)
DOI: 10.1038/s41550-020-1202-4
Cite as: arXiv:2009.11307 [astro-ph.IM] (or arXiv:2009.11307v1 [astro-ph.IM] for this version)
Submission history
From: Knud Jahnke
[v1] Wed, 23 Sep 2020 18:00:07 UTC (125 KB)
