Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them

Peter Skands

doi:10.1038/s42254-023-00563-6

Computational scientists should consider climate impacts and grant agencies should reward them

Peter Skands

School of Physics and Astronomy

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Reducing resource usage will improve the environmental impact of high-performance computing — but doing so can clash with the science goals of funders. Computational physicist Peter Skands explains how he approached the conflict.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	137-138
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Reviews Physics
Volume	5
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-023-00563-6
Publication status	Published - Mar 2023

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