Space exploration has always been a dream of mankind. More than 50 years ago, the first astronauts landed on the moon. During this so-called “Apollo era” and other early space missions, astronauts saw the
A4E member Jürgen Knödlseder presented a rigorous estimate of the carbon footprint of astronomy research in 2022. This work put the per-astronomer carbon footprint significantly higher than previous research, that did not include infrastructure.
We thank everyone who joined us for our remote global meeting celebrating five years of Astronomers for Planet Earth! It was incredible to reflect on our journey, share our collective achievements, and discuss the
On February 6th, A4E held a “My Favorite Resources” get-together to help members navigate the many available A4E documents, resources, and videos in order to discover what is most valuable for them. Kathryn Williamson
In a PNAS Nexus paper, published 2024, a team of A4E members led by Andrea Gokus, had estimated the CO2-equivalent emissions from conference travel to all 362 public meetings in astronomy in 2019, making
In 2024, the Astronomical Society of Australia Annual Science Meeting (ASM) was held online-first for the first time. The impetus for this came from a request by the ASA Council to the ASA Sustainability
The second edition of “A Global Warming Primer (2e) — Pathway to a Post–Global Warming Future” has been released. Our climate future may often seem like a choice between bleak and bleaker, but it
The regional group of A4E members in Europe has gathered a group of interested participants and discussed initiatives, which have taken place at various institutes or were organized as part of international groups and
The “Global Warming of 1.5ºC” special report by the IPCC in 2018 acted as a shock in academia. Over the next few years, many initiatives, like A4E or Labos1point5, appeared in order to make
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