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Energy-hungry AI is already harming health – and it’s getting worse
Servers fill a data centre in Texas Paul Moseley/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images As data…
Viruses may help store vast amounts of carbon in soil
A bacteriophage virus can kill microbes, influencing what happens to the carbon their bodies contain nobeastsofierce Science/Alamy Viruses…
Complex form of carbon spotted outside solar system for first time
Compounds called pyrenes have been detected in the Taurus molecular cloud ESO A complex form of carbon crucial…
Warmer winters mean world’s highest places may store less carbon
The Tibetan plateau Nicolas Marino/mauritius images GmbH/Alamy Climate change is raising winter temperatures faster than those of summer,…
Anemos: World’s largest sailing cargo ship makes first transatlantic voyage
The cargo sailing ship Anemos is crossing the Atlantic Ocean Ronan Gladu/TOWT The world’s largest sailing cargo ship…
A simple driving trick could make a big dent in cars’ carbon emissions
Researchers modelled nearly 1 million driving scenarios at US intersections Aerial Archives / Alamy Stock Photo You may…
Amazon soil may store billions more tonnes of carbon than once thought
The Xingu Indigenous Territory in the Amazon may contain over 900 square kilometres of dark earth Leo F…
The World Is Ignoring the Other Deadly Kind of Carbon
Once again, vast expanses of Canadian wilderness are on fire, threatening towns and forcing thousands to flee. It…
Animals may help ecosystems store 3 times more carbon than we thought
Elephants boost carbon storage by trampling and grazing on small trees Art Konovalov/Shutterstock Animals may enable many ecosystems…
Electric vehicles have lowered San Francisco’s carbon footprint
A free electric car charging station being used in San Francisco in 2020 Liz Hafalia/San Francisco Chronicle via…