Tag results for: environment
These Robots Are Recovering Dumped Explosives From the Baltic Sea
“Conventional munitions are carcinogenic, and the chemical munitions are mutagenic, and also they disrupt enzymes and whatnot—so they are definitely affecting organisms,” says Jacek Bełdowski, a leading expert...
Biden uses an executive order to open federal sites for AI
President Biden signed an executive order Tuesday designed to ensure that the AI industry will have plenty of compute and electrical power in the coming years by making...
Latest UN report demands ‘unprecedented’ emissions cuts to salvage climate goals
The United Nations' Environmental Program has released a new with yet more dire news about our odds of avoiding climate disaster caused by greenhouse gas emissions. According...
Is AI More Sustainable if You Generate it Underwater?
AI data centers are so hot right now. Each time generative AI services churn through their large language models to make a chatbot answer one of your questions,...
AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter
This story originally appeared in Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.In 2023, the fast-fashion giant Shein was everywhere. Crisscrossing the globe, airplanes ferried small packages...
Google announces deal with direct-air capture startup to remove carbon emissions
Google that it has entered a partnership with Holocene to support its direct-air capture technology for collecting and removing carbon dioxide emissions from the atmosphere. Under this...
