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Rethinking travel in a post-pandemic world

Climate scientists recommend ways to boost the value of virtual conferences and reduce carbon footprints even when travel curbs ease.
  1. Josie Glausiusz

    1. Josie Glausiusz is a science journalist in Israel. Twitter: @josiegz

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In 2018, social scientist Roger Tyers pledged to stop flying for work and leisure. Soon afterwards, he won a research fellowship that included fieldwork in China. So he decided to take the train from Southampton to Shanghai, a journey of almost two weeks.

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Nature 589, 155-157 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-03649-8

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  • Correction 15 January 2021: This Career feature misquoted Katharine Hayhoe as saying that she needs to fly. In fact, before the pandemic, she flew to around 20% of her talks because it is crucial for her to spread the message about climate change.

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