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Mission to reduce the carbon footprint of astronomy

(ORDO NEWS) — “We are doing science at an industrial scale. That’s why we have a large carbon footprint.” When Adriaan Schutte took up his job as a chief power engineer at the Square Kilometre Array Observatory (SKAO), he had a clear goal in mind: to build the world‘s most sustainable research facility. It was an ambitious goal. SKAO is set to become the world’s largest radio telescope, an astronomical…