Researchers warn that U.S. data centers could devour vast amounts of energy and water unless stronger guardrails shape the industry’s growth. By Carl David Goette-Luciak When Cornell University systems engineer Fengqi You started modeling the environmental footprint of data centers three years ago, the AI boom was just beginning. EvenContinue Reading
As COP30 U.N. climate talks start in Brazil, the host country president warns of “extremist forces” spreading climate lies as he calls for a global roadmap to end deforestation and fossil fuels.Continue Reading
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The president of Brazil, hosting this year’s global climate summit in Belém, called on leaders to ignore those who prefer a head-in-the-sand approach to climate change.Continue Reading
The sponsors of the sustainable agriculture pavilion at this year’s COP30 climate summit in Brazil will include the pesticides and seeds giant Bayer, which South American campaigners allege has promoted an industrial agricultural model that is driving “massive deforestation” on the continent. Bayer will pay at least R$1mn (£142,000) forContinue Reading
The Telegraph, which has accused the BBC of bias and a lack of editorial rigour, has been forced to amend a swathe of climate inaccuracies. The BBC’s director-general and CEO resigned this weekend after a critical review of the broadcaster’s coverage was leaked to The Telegraph. The Telegraph has used thisContinue Reading
In the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil has kicked off the COP30 climate conference, a summit framed as a pivotal moment to reduce emissions and keep the Paris Agreement alive. More than 50,000 people are expected to attend, from heads of state to civilContinue Reading
In Peru’s mysterious Pisco Valley, thousands of perfectly aligned holes known as Monte Sierpe have long puzzled scientists. New drone mapping and microbotanical analysis reveal that these holes may once have served as a bustling pre-Inca barter market—later transformed into an accounting system under the Inca Empire., Read MoreContinue Reading
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Delegates gather in Belem, Brazil, for COP30, aiming to address climate change amid concerns over participation and outcomes.Continue Reading