How to make data centers less thirsty
Data centers are notoriously thirsty. Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have found that, in 2023, the facilities consumed roughly
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10 years after the Paris Agreement, world leaders are letting go of its most famous goal
On the first day of this year’s United Nations climate summit, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva promised attendees
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Scorching Saturdays: The rising heat threat inside football stadiums
When Vanderbilt University football fan Douglas Dill set out with his son the morning of October 4 to watch their
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Tehran’s water crisis is a warning for every thirsty city
Tehran is running out of water. Rationing has begun in Iran’s capital city, with some of the approximately 10 million residents experiencing
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COP30’s biofuel gamble could cost the global food supply — and the planet
First the plant stalk is harvested, shredded, and crushed. The extracted juice is then combined with bacteria and yeast in
Read MoreViolent ‘storms’ hidden under Antarctica’s ice could be speeding its decline
The West Antarctic Ice Sheet covers some 760,000 square miles and is up to 1.2 miles thick. If it were
Read More‘Climate smart’ beef? After a lawsuit, Tyson agrees to drop the label.
Shoppers have long sought ways to make more sustainable choices at the supermarket — and for good reason: Our food system
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This pig’s bacon was delicious. But she’s alive and well
I’m eating Dawn the Yorkshire pig and she’s quite tasty. But don’t worry. She’s doing perfectly fine, traipsing around a
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At COP30 in Brazil, countries plan to armor themselves against a warming world
Bill Gates scandalized much of the climate advocacy world late last month when he called for a “strategic pivot” in
Read MoreCan Mamdani supercharge New York’s clean energy revolution?
On one of the first chilly nights of fall, union members, Democratic Socialists, scientists, and teachers filed into the pews
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