Averting the imminent climate crisis requires large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions within this decade. To provide a benchmark for reduction and to identify the main sources, we estimate the carbon footprint of astronomy research in the Netherlands over 2019.
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We thank everybody who provided input data and helped with the data analysis, in particular A. Hut, R. Detmers (SRON); R. Tijssen, R. Springer, F. Dijkstra (Groningen); E. Deul, A. Manrique Yus (Leiden); R. Stollery, S. Franzen (Amsterdam); M. Chruslinska, P. Groot, D. Pieterse (Nijmegen); N. Kruithof, R. van Dalen (ASTRON); M. Scherrenburg (Arcadis). We thank K. Jahnke (Heidelberg), A. Helmi (Groningen) and D. Barret (Toulouse) for comments on the manuscript.
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van der Tak, F., Burtscher, L., Zwart, S.P. et al. The carbon footprint of astronomy research in the Netherlands. Nat Astron 5, 1195–1198 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-021-01552-4
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