The Carbon Footprint of Bioinformatics

Abstract Bioinformatic research relies on large-scale computational infrastructures which have a nonzero carbon footprint but so far, no study has quantified the environmental costs of bioinformatic tools and commonly run analyses. In this work, we estimate the carbon footprint of bioinformatics (in...

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Published in:	Molecular biology and evolution Vol. 39; no. 3
Main Authors:	Grealey, Jason, Lannelongue, Loïc, Saw, Woei-Yuh, Marten, Jonathan, Méric, Guillaume, Ruiz-Carmona, Sergio, Inouye, Michael
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Oxford University Press 02.03.2022
Subjects:	Air pollution Algorithms Australia Bioinformatics Carbon Carbon dioxide Carbon Footprint Central processing units Computational Biology Computer software industry CPUs Discoveries Ecological footprint Emissions Energy conservation Footprint analysis Gene sequencing Genome-wide association studies Genome-Wide Association Study Genomes Genomics Geography Graphics processing units Greenhouse gases Metagenomics Microprocessors Parallel processing Phylogeny Power consumption RNA RNA sequencing Software United Kingdom United States Upgrading Australia United States United Kingdom genomics green algorithms carbon footprint bioinformatics
ISSN:	0737-4038, 1537-1719, 1537-1719
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