The surging energy demand for data centers driving the AI boom is raising concerns among some tech business leaders and investors, according to a recent survey and interviews with investment advisers. "For the first time ever, there’s an external factor that is beginning to limit growth, and that’s energy, […] Click here to view original […]

Grist / Getty Images Consider the following scenario: A local government wants to relocate a neighborhood that is vulnerable to climate change. The streets have flooded several times in recent years during major storms, and projections indicate that the flooding will only get worse. This will require the city […] Click here to view original

Six months ago, Craig Colten moved from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Asheville, North Carolina—a historic city tucked in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He’d fallen in love with the region over the summers while in college and was eager to evade the near-constant threat of hurricanes that loomed over his […] Click here to view original

Covering 70% of the Earth’s surface, oceans are a major regulator of the planet’s climate. Warmer waters fuel more violent hurricanes and storms, bringing destruction and flooding in their wake. (Photo from pixabay.com) The pace of ocean warming has almost doubled since 2005, with over 20% of the world’s […] Click here to view original

California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he has signed a new bill into law obligating large companies that do business in the state to disclose their value chain emissions and report on climate-related financial risks, and retaining an initially proposed start date for reporting to begin, despite previously expressing […] Click here to view original

Sean Rayford/Getty Images An area touted as a “climate haven” that’d be safe from the adverse effects of global warming is among the most devastated by Hurricane Helene. Real estate experts like Jesse Keenan, of Tulane University, said in 2022 that Asheville, North Carolina, was the landing spot for […] Click here to view original