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TI Comprehensive carbon footprint of Earth and environmental science laboratories: implications for sustainable scientific practice
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AF Odin, Marc
   Barret, Maialen
   Biancamaria, Sylvain
   Dassas, Karin
   Firmin, Antoine
   Gandois, Laure
   Gheusi, François
   Kuppel, Sylvain
   Maisonobe, Marion
   Mialon, Arnaud
   Monnier, Loïs
   Pantillon, Florian
   Toublanc, Florence
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C1 CNRS, france
   CRBE, INP Toulouse, france
   CNRS/LEGOS, france
   CESBIO, CNRS, france
   INP Toulouse, france
   Laboratoire Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Environnement - UMR 5245, France
   LAERO, Université Paul Sabatier, france
   Géosciences Environnement Toulouse, CNRS - IRD - UPS - CNES, Gif-sur-Yvett, France
   Laboratoire Géographie-cités (UMR 8504) - CNRS, france
   CNRS-Universite J. Fourier, france
   GET, OMP, university of Toulouse, france
   Laboratoire d'Aérologie, france
   LEGOS CNRS, france
C2 CNRS, FRANCE
   INPT, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   INPT, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   UNIV TOULOUSE, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   OBSERV MIDI PYRENEES, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
   CNRS, FRANCE
IN DOAJ
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UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00881/99282/109237.pdf
LA English
DT Article
CR MOANA-MATY 2019
   PIRATA
   SURVOSTRAL
BO Alis
DE ;climatology (global change);environmental sciences;carbon footprint;research infrastructure;satellite infrastructure;slow science;sustainable science
AB To limit global warming below 2°C, a drastic overall reduction from current CO2 emissions is needed. We argue that scientists should also participate in this effort in their professional activity and especially Earth scientists, on the grounds of maintaining credibility and leading by example. The strategies and measures to reach a low-carbon scientific activity require detailed estimates of the current footprint of laboratories. Here, we present the footprint of six laboratories in Earth, environmental and space sciences, representative of the AGU community, with a comprehensive scope also including international research infrastructures. We propose a novel method to attribute the footprint of any research infrastructure to any given research laboratory. Our results highlight that most laboratories have annual footprints reaching 10-20 tonnes CO2 equivalent per person (tCO2e.p-1), dominated by infrastructures and specifically satellites in three cases (with footprints up to 11 tCO2e.p-1 or 60%), while air-travels and purchases remain within the top three sources in all cases (2-4 tCO2e p-1 or 10-30% each). Consequently, footprints related to commuting and laboratory functioning, about 2 tCO2e.p-1 (20%) or less, are relatively modest compared to infrastructures, purchases and air-travels. Thus, reduction measures ignoring infrastructures may not be able to achieve reductions larger than 20 to 35% even with flight quotas and a substantial reduction of purchases. Finally, we also discuss how a deeper transformation of scientific practices, away from a fast science ideal, could make Earth and environmental sciences more sustainable and at the forefront of a rapid and drastic social bifurcation. 
PY 2024
PD MAR
SO ESS Open Archive
PU Authorea, Inc.
DI 10.22541/essoar.170965077.73149239/v1
ID 99282
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