A renewable and socially accepted energy system for astronomical telescopes

G Valenzuela-Venegas, ML Lode, I Viole, A Felice… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Remote astronomical telescopes without access to the national electricity grid are usually
designed to rely on fossil fuels without considering the social and energy needs of the …

The carbon footprint of scientific visibility

O Berné, L Agier, A Hardy, E Lellouch… - Environmental …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
In the face of global warming, academics have started to consider and analyze the
environmental and carbon footprint associated with their professional activity. Among the …

LINNA: Likelihood inference neural network accelerator

CH To, E Rozo, E Krause, HY Wu… - … of Cosmology and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Bayesian posterior inference of modern multi-probe cosmological analyses incurs massive
computational costs. For instance, depending on the combinations of probes, a single …

The carbon footprint of astronomy research in the Netherlands

F Van der Tak, L Burtscher, SP Zwart, B Tabone… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
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Impact of climate change on site characteristics of eight major astronomical observatories using high-resolution global climate projections until 2050-Projected …

C Haslebacher, ME Demory, BO Demory… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. Sites for next-generation telescopes are chosen decades before the first light of a
telescope. Site selection is usually based on recent measurements over a period that is too …

Academic Air Travel: Debates, Tensions and the Need for a Sociology of Science Perspective

S Rödder, M Braun - Sociology Compass, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Traveling to conferences is a central feature of academic life. Yet recently, academic air
travel has been called into question in the context of climate change, and the digital …

Carbon footprint and mitigation strategies of three chemistry laboratories

A Estevez-Torres, F Gauffre, G Gouget, C Grazon… - Green …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
As the global imperative for decarbonization gains momentum, the need for action in
chemistry laboratories becomes increasingly apparent. This study examines the 2019 …

The relevance of sustainable laboratory practices

T Freese, N Elzinga, M Heinemann, MM Lerch… - Rsc …, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Scientists are of key importance to the society to advocate awareness of the climate crisis
and its underlying scientific evidence and provide solutions for a sustainable future. As much …

Life cycle analysis of the GRAND experiment

LT Vargas-Ibáñez, K Kotera, O Blanchard… - Astroparticle …, 2024 - Elsevier
The goal of our study is to assess the environmental impact of the installation and use of the
Giant Radio Array for Neutrino Detection (GRAND) prototype detection units, based on the …

The energy consumption and carbon footprint of the LOFAR telescope

G Kruithof, C Bassa, I Bonati, W van Cappellen… - Experimental …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract The LOw Frequency ARray (LOFAR) is a European radio telescope operating since
2010 in the frequency bands 10-80 MHz and 110-250 MHz. This article provides an analysis …