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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Happy New Year! </span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">On Friday January 15 at 10:30 we will have the next Astronomy Seminar, remotely via zoom.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Our speaker is Matthias Samland from the Stockholm University.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Title: Astronomy's above average contribution to global heating. An astronomical institute's CO2 footprint.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Abstract: With weather and climate extremes increasing both in frequency and intensity each year, it is becoming increasingly apparent to the population at large that prediction’s from climate scientists
are not depicting a far future, but are already under way and accelerating. The Paris Climate Agreement to limit global heating to under 1.5°C (an acceptable level of “doom”: e.g., at least only ~95% of corrals reefs will die and not all of them) was decided
5 years ago. This goal requires for society to quickly transition away from producing greenhouse gas emissions in all areas of life, including, of course, research.</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">I’ve been involved in the the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy’s (MPIA) Sustainability Group over the last years before coming to Stockholm and we have looked in detail at the carbon footprint of astronomy,
viewed at the level of one astronomical institute. Understanding the distribution of CO2 impacts of different activities commonly undertaken by researchers (flying, computing, infrastructure, telescope operation) has to be the evidence basis for actually achieving
carbon neutrality in time to prevent catastrophic levels of warming in the climate system. Climate change in turn has a catastrophic impact on astronomy itself as evidences by, for example, increasigly worse conditions at previously optimal observation sites.</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">This assessment has to be repeated yearly and combined with an actual path of emission reductions and a concrete plan to achieve said goals. Knowing the CO2 footprint of an institute is only the first step
towards this goal, but incredibly important. In this talk I will walk you through the example of what we are, and have been, doing at MPIA, but many of the same conclusions will be applicable to institute’s world-wide. These activities have been put into motion
by students and staff and are proof that involvement in this topic can lead to real change. As such this talk is intended to spark a discussion and also be a discussion.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">We will have the colloquium using zoom. You will find the invitation at the end of this email.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Some guidelines:</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">1) Join the session with your microphone muted.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">2) When you have a question, press the “raise hand button” and wait till you are asked to ask your question. </span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">3) The session will be online from 10:20, please join at least a few minutes early as we would like to start 10:30 sharp.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">We hope to see all of you there!</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Matthias & Janet</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Upcoming events: </span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">22/01: Steve Schulze (SU)</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">29/01: no speaker yet</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">05/02: Natasha Jeffrey (Northumbria University, UK)</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Janet Ting-Wan Chen is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.</span></div>
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<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Topic: Astronomy Seminar Matthias Samland</span></div>
<div class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class="">Time: Jan 15, 2021 10:30 AM Stockholm</span></div>
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