Heads in the clouds: On the carbon footprint of conference‐seeded publications in the advancement of knowledge

Abstract The carbon footprint of flying overseas to conferences, meetings, and workshops to share and build knowledge has been increasingly questioned over the last two decades, especially in environmental and climate sciences, due to the related colossal carbon emissions. Here, we infer the value o...

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Autores principales:	Laurent Seuront, Katy R. Nicastro, Gerardo I. Zardi
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Publicado:	Wiley 2021
Materias:	carbon footprint climate change COVID crisis scientific meetings scientific production and productivity virtual conferences Ecology QH540-549.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:93c3dc54f19e4a6080900e3bc243c3642021-11-08T17:10:41ZHeads in the clouds: On the carbon footprint of conference‐seeded publications in the advancement of knowledge2045-775810.1002/ece3.8201https://doaj.org/article/93c3dc54f19e4a6080900e3bc243c3642021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.8201https://doaj.org/toc/2045-7758Abstract The carbon footprint of flying overseas to conferences, meetings, and workshops to share and build knowledge has been increasingly questioned over the last two decades, especially in environmental and climate sciences, due to the related colossal carbon emissions. Here, we infer the value of scientific meetings through the number of publications produced either directly or indirectly after attending a scientific conference, symposium, or workshop (i.e., the conference‐related production) and the number of publications produced per meeting (i.e., the conference‐related productivity) as proxies for the academic value of these meetings, and relate them to both the number of meetings attended and the related carbon emissions. We show that conference‐related production and productivity, respectively, increase and decay with the number of meetings attended, and noticeably that the less productive people exhibit the largest carbon footprint. Taken together, our results imply that a twofold decrease in the carbon footprint FCO2 of a given scientist would result in a twofold increase in productivity through a fivefold decrease in the number of meeting attended. In light of these figures, we call for both the implementation of objective and quantitative criteria related to the optimum number of conferences to attend in an effort to maximize scientific productivity while minimizing the related carbon footprint, and the development of a rationale to minimize the carbon emission related to scientific activities.Laurent SeurontKaty R. NicastroGerardo I. ZardiWileyarticlecarbon footprintclimate changeCOVID crisisscientific meetingsscientific production and productivityvirtual conferencesEcologyQH540-549.5ENEcology and Evolution, Vol 11, Iss 21, Pp 15205-15211 (2021)
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spellingShingle	carbon footprint climate change COVID crisis scientific meetings scientific production and productivity virtual conferences Ecology QH540-549.5 Laurent Seuront Katy R. Nicastro Gerardo I. Zardi Heads in the clouds: On the carbon footprint of conference‐seeded publications in the advancement of knowledge
description	Abstract The carbon footprint of flying overseas to conferences, meetings, and workshops to share and build knowledge has been increasingly questioned over the last two decades, especially in environmental and climate sciences, due to the related colossal carbon emissions. Here, we infer the value of scientific meetings through the number of publications produced either directly or indirectly after attending a scientific conference, symposium, or workshop (i.e., the conference‐related production) and the number of publications produced per meeting (i.e., the conference‐related productivity) as proxies for the academic value of these meetings, and relate them to both the number of meetings attended and the related carbon emissions. We show that conference‐related production and productivity, respectively, increase and decay with the number of meetings attended, and noticeably that the less productive people exhibit the largest carbon footprint. Taken together, our results imply that a twofold decrease in the carbon footprint FCO2 of a given scientist would result in a twofold increase in productivity through a fivefold decrease in the number of meeting attended. In light of these figures, we call for both the implementation of objective and quantitative criteria related to the optimum number of conferences to attend in an effort to maximize scientific productivity while minimizing the related carbon footprint, and the development of a rationale to minimize the carbon emission related to scientific activities.
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title	Heads in the clouds: On the carbon footprint of conference‐seeded publications in the advancement of knowledge
title_short	Heads in the clouds: On the carbon footprint of conference‐seeded publications in the advancement of knowledge
title_full	Heads in the clouds: On the carbon footprint of conference‐seeded publications in the advancement of knowledge
title_fullStr	Heads in the clouds: On the carbon footprint of conference‐seeded publications in the advancement of knowledge
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publisher	Wiley
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Heads in the clouds: On the carbon footprint of conference‐seeded publications in the advancement of knowledge

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