{"642798":{"#nid":"642798","#data":{"type":"external_news","title":"Rethinking travel in a post-pandemic world","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EClimate scientist \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/eas.gatech.edu\/people\/cobb-dr-kim\u0022\u003EKim Cobb\u003C\/a\u003E, who has committed to a flight-free career,\u0026nbsp;gets two chances to publicly\u0026nbsp;lobby for less air travel after the pandemic subsides. Her first is this Nature story, where Cobb, director of Georgia Tech\u0026#39;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/globalchange.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGlobal Change Program\u003C\/a\u003E,\u0026nbsp;argues for large conferences replaced by smaller, regional gatherings. She echoes that in \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2020\/dec\/21\/dear-america-how-to-create-better-country-2021\u0022\u003EThe Guardian\u003C\/a\u003E: \u0026quot;It\u0026nbsp;will be nice to know that going forward, we have a viable, remote alternative for those trips where the climate costs, and associated injustices, outweigh the value for us as an individual.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"34434","created_gmt":"2021-01-11 20:25:57","changed_gmt":"2021-01-12 17:52:13","author":"Renay San Miguel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","publication":"college of engineering; ISyE; fellowships; grad students; student awards; orise; cdc","field_article_url":"","publication_url":"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/d41586-020-03649-8","dateline":{"date":"2021-01-05T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2021-01-05T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1278","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"364801","name":"EAS"}],"categories":[{"id":"154","name":"Environment"}],"keywords":[{"id":"4896","name":"College of Sciences"},{"id":"166926","name":"School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences"},{"id":"33791","name":"kim cobb"},{"id":"177439","name":"global change program"},{"id":"186640","name":"pandemic travel"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}