Other astronomers voiced a similar sense of responsibility. A forthcoming poll by the American Astronomical Society found that 98 percent of respondents were concerned about climate change, according to Dr. Rector, who helped run the poll. Nearly as many respondents, he added, felt they needed to do something about it. Anna Cabré, an independent oceanographer, moved away from her original career as a cosmologist in part because the work was too abstract. “There’s not a lot of touching reality,” Dr. Cabré s
Source: Alarmed by Climate Change, Astronomers Train Their Sights on Earth – The New York Times
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