FM14 Session 2: Communicating Astronomy in our Changing World. Issue Volume 14:Issue A30(2018) (August 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Waller, William H.; Canas, Lina; Agata, Hidehiko; Yamaoka, Hitoshi; Karino, Shigeyuki; Cenadelli, Davide; Bernagozzi, Andrea Ettore; Christille, Jean Marc; Benedetto, Matteo; Calabrese, Matteo; Calcidese, Paolo; Gelderman, Richard; Hayashi, Saeko S.; Lubowich, Donald; Madura, Thomas; Christian, Carol; Hurd, David; Silberman, Ken; Walker, Kyle; McVoy, Shannon; Massey, Robert; Radajewski, Bogumił; Mikołajewski, Maciej; Czart, Krzysztof; Guz, Iwona; Rubaszewski, Adam; Stelmach, Tomasz; Ros, Rosa M.; Viñuales, Ederlinda; Garca, Beatriz; Sánchez, Yuly E.; Vargas, Domínguez Santiago; Acosta, Cesar; Rodríguez, Nayive; Sekhar, Aswin; Sundin, Maria; Andersson, Petra; Finnsgård, Christian; Larsson, Lars; Miller, Ron; Tomita, Akihiko; Wadadekar, Yogesh;
• Editors: Lago, Maria Teresa
• Is Part Of: Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union. Volume 14:Issue A30(2018)
• Page Start: 528
• Page End: 530
• Publication Date: 2018-08
• Subjects: astronomy outreach, -- astronomy education, -- astronomy for development; Astronomy -- Congresses; Astronomy -- Periodicals; 520
• DOI: 10.1017/S1743921319005283
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1743-9213

Abstract

Abstract: As the IAU heads towards its second century, many changes have simultaneously transformed Astronomy and the human condition world-wide. Amid the amazing recent discoveries of exoplanets, primeval galaxies, and gravitational radiation, the human condition on Earth has become blazingly interconnected, yet beset with ever-increasing problems of over-population, pollution, and never-ending wars. Fossil-fueled global climate change has begun to yield perilous consequences. And the displacement of people from war-torn nations has reached levels not seen since World War II.