As a Climate Researcher, should I change my air-travel habits?

In this column, Sofia E. Kjellman grapples with her carbon dioxide output resulting from her work as a scientist."it is not easy to just stop flying. Air travel provides many great opportunities for me as an early-career scientist," she says.

It is possible to avoid flying — however, it takes a lot more planning and time. Valeria Jana Schwanitz, a sustainable-energy and travel researcher at the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences in Bergen, has not travelled by air since 1995. Instead, she has taken the train to Japan and travelled to the United States by boat.

As a Climate Researcher, should I change my air-travel habits?

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