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Heads in the clouds: On the carbon footprint of conferenceā€seeded publications in the advancement of knowledge

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dc.contributor.authorSeuront, Laurent
dc.contributor.authorNicastro, Katy
dc.contributor.authorZardi, Gerardo I.
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-02T11:53:18Z
dc.date.available2021-11-02T11:53:18Z
dc.date.issued2021-10
dc.description.abstractThe 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.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ece3.8201pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2045-7758
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/17280
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherWileypt_PT
dc.relationAlgarve Centre for Marine Sciences
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCarbon footprintpt_PT
dc.subjectClimate changept_PT
dc.subjectCOVID crisispt_PT
dc.subjectScientific meetingspt_PT
dc.subjectScientific production and productivitypt_PT
dc.subjectVirtual conferencespt_PT
dc.titleHeads in the clouds: On the carbon footprint of conferenceā€seeded publications in the advancement of knowledgept_PT
dc.title.alternativeCabeƧas nas nuvens: Sobre a pegada de carbono das publicaƧƵes semeadas em conferĆŖncias no avanƧo do conhecimentopt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.awardTitleAlgarve Centre for Marine Sciences
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UIDB%2F04326%2F2020/PT
oaire.citation.titleEcology and Evolutionpt_PT
oaire.fundingStream6817 - DCRRNI ID
person.familyNameNicastro
person.givenNameKaty
person.identifier.ciencia-id3E12-714B-AFE5
person.identifier.orcid0000-0002-7071-141X
person.identifier.ridD-2259-2012
person.identifier.scopus-author-id12646675100
project.funder.identifierhttp://doi.org/10.13039/501100001871
project.funder.nameFundaĆ§Ć£o para a CiĆŖncia e a Tecnologia
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rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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