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A new study highlights the rising environmental toll of artificial intelligence, spotlighting the surge in energy consumption and carbon emissions driven by escalating computing demands. The research offers a comprehensive analysis of artificial intelligence’s (AI’s) carbon footprint, underscoring the urgent need for the tech sector to adopt sustainable practices to curb its substantial environmental impact.

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Fangqun Yu, a senior researcher at UAlbany’s Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, has released a new paper in Environmental Sciences & Technology that examines the contrail formation process, specifically exploring the role of non-volatile (soot) particles and volatile particles.

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By: Kayla Cardenas | Published: October 31, 2024 | 12:25 pm | SHARE: As international shipping continues to power global trade, its environmental impact is becoming an increasingly urgent topic in climate science research.At Florida State University, Assistant Professor of Meteorology Michael Diamond is at the forefront of research on the environmental impact of shipping.

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A multi-institutional team of researchers led by the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, or KAUST, Saudi Arabia, has been nominated for the Association for Computing Machinery’s 2024 Gordon Bell Prize for Climate Modelling.

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Biologist Natasja van Gestel will oversee and coordinate scientific work on behalf of the National Science Foundation.

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U.S. Air Force officials installed a new kind of structure in the waters of St. Andrew Bay on the shore of the Tyndall U.S. Air Force Base in Northwest Florida on Oct. 30 – the first section of a Rutgers University-designed “self-healing” reef made of custom-designed concrete modules and living oysters. The reef is designed to protect the base and its people from hurricanes and tidal surges.

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The George Washington University has experts available to comment on Dengue Fever and the increase of vector-borne diseases as a result of climate change. ...

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It is imperative that governments meeting here at the UN’s Biodiversity Conference take action ensuring an alignment of the world’s biodiversity and climate agendas.

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The success of the $1 trillion that was recently invested by the U.S. federal government to mitigate climate climate change through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (BIL) largely depends on how well state and local governments spend the money, according to new a commentary recently published in Nature.

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Today the University of Chicago is launching a new institute that is distinct in embracing the need for both climate action and sustainable growth. The new Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth is built on the understanding that progress on climate change will require a comprehensive strategy – continuing to fuel economic growth during the energy transition, pursuing new energy technologies to power this transition, and evaluating ways to address the greenhouse gases that are already in the atmosphere.

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An international team of geoscientists led by a volcanologist at Rutgers University-New Brunswick has discovered that, contrary to present scientific understanding, ancient volcanoes continued to spew carbon dioxide into the atmosphere from deep within the Earth long past their period of eruptions.

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Today, at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference, Conservation International, The Nature Conservancy, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Re:wild, The Wildlife Conservation Society, and World Wildlife Fund in the US announced the formation of a coalition to scale climate and conservation outcomes through the use of sovereign debt conversions.

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The Social Research Institute of Chulalongkorn University, in collaboration with the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) Asia, and with support from the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), held the Mekong Environment Resilience Week, celebrating SEI Asia’s 20th anniversary.

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In a significant advance for sustainable energy, scientists have developed a new method to convert carbon dioxide (CO2) into formate, a valuable chemical, through a solar-driven process.

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Researchers examined the costs of weather-related damage and destruction for companies and government agencies with multiple buildings. The researchers focused on the large building portfolio of the U.S. Department of Defense. Their study aims to help organizations plan for the rising costs associated with long-range facilities maintenance and replacement.

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Once abundant, the massive, colorful clam is now locally extinct in many regions, with a critical drop in population due to overfishing and climate change.

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Emily Satterwhite, professor and the director of the Appalachian Studies program in the Department of Religion and Culture, is familiar with the phases of flood recovery efforts. She shares insights on Hurricane Helene's lasting impacts in Appalachia as well as the best ways to help during the current stage of recovery.

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