Measuring carbon emissions at the Canada–France–Hawaii Telescope
Measuring the carbon emissions of the CFHT in 2019 reveals that the per employee emissions are 16.5 tCO 2 e, six times above the recommendation of the Paris Agreement, with ~63% due to the electricity consumption of the summit facility and ~25% to out-of-state air travel. Concerted efforts are under...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | Nature astronomy 2020-09, Vol.4 (9), p.816-818 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Measuring the carbon emissions of the CFHT in 2019 reveals that the per employee emissions are 16.5 tCO
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e, six times above the recommendation of the Paris Agreement, with ~63% due to the electricity consumption of the summit facility and ~25% to out-of-state air travel. Concerted efforts are underway to reduce this figure. |
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| ISSN: | 2397-3366 2397-3366 |
| DOI: | 10.1038/s41550-020-1190-4 |