Travel Less. Make It Worthwhile.
Author(s) -
Anja Geitmann
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304
H-Index - 776
eISSN - 1097-4172
pISSN - 0092-8674
DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2020.07.026
Subject(s) - carbon footprint , attendance , trips architecture , public relations , pandemic , happening , event (particle physics) , covid-19 , business , marketing , economic growth , political science , biology , engineering , greenhouse gas , economics , ecology , art , pathology , quantum mechanics , art history , medicine , physics , disease , performance art , transport engineering , infectious disease (medical specialty)
Academic travel has a substantial carbon footprint. The ongoing pandemic has propelled the development and adoption of technologies for online delivery of seminars and remote attendance at scientific conferences. This should not lead to the complete elimination of in-person events, but the scientific community must seize the opportunity to permanently change its modus operandi and reduce the impact of its activities on the environment.
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