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Technologies used in the environment and by scientists
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AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter

AI Has Helped Shein Become Fast Fashion’s Biggest Polluter | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
The company nearly doubled its emissions in 2023, making it the worst actor in a notoriously unsustainable industry.
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September 15, 2024 11:40 PM
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Amazon’s Shipping and Delivery Emissions Just Keep Going Up

Amazon’s Shipping and Delivery Emissions Just Keep Going Up | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
A new report attempts to calculate how much damage shipping our Amazon orders is doing to the planet and how badly the company is missing its own targets.
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August 17, 2024 1:46 AM
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Scottish universities lead digital twin hub for transport | Computer Weekly

Scottish universities lead digital twin hub for transport | Computer Weekly | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Digital twins offer researchers the ability to monitor transportation to identify ways of reducing the UK’s carbon footprint.
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July 28, 2024 2:35 AM
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Our Environmental Report

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July 22, 2024 2:44 PM
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AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet's Hyper-Consumption Era

AI's Energy Demands Are Out of Control. Welcome to the Internet's Hyper-Consumption Era | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Generative artificial intelligence tools, now part of the everyday user experience online, are causing stress on local power grids and mass water evaporation.
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May 31, 2024 3:54 AM
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City Walks Live

A virtual platform to walk around cities of the world and feel the vibes of the city.


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Nik Peachey's curator insight, May 29, 2024 4:05 AM

This is a nice site where you can select a city and then watch a virtual walk around the city. The video quality is very good, and you can also have the sound on. Great to get students taking walks and then telling their peers what they saw and where they went.

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May 5, 2024 1:16 AM
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The Dangerous Rise of GPS Attacks

The Dangerous Rise of GPS Attacks | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it

Thousands of planes and ships are facing GPS jamming and spoofing. Experts warn these attacks could potentially impact critical infrastructure, communication networks, and more.

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April 7, 2024 2:18 AM
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Oregon's Breakthrough Right-to-Repair Bill Is Now Law

Oregon's Breakthrough Right-to-Repair Bill Is Now Law | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it

Companies will no longer be allowed to use software checks to verify replacement parts in a major step forward for the right-to-repair movement.

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March 11, 2024 10:57 PM
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We are an open data climate startup

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February 24, 2024 3:37 AM
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Tech Still Isn’t Doing Enough to Care for the Environment

Tech Still Isn’t Doing Enough to Care for the Environment | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it

Priscilla Chomba-Kinywa, CTO of Greenpeace, says technology firms must shape up—and consumers and business clients should walk away if they don’t.

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November 19, 2023 6:25 AM
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Google DeepMind’s AI Weather Forecaster Handily Beats a Global Standard

Google DeepMind’s AI Weather Forecaster Handily Beats a Global Standard | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it

Machine learning algorithms that digested decades of weather data were able to forecast 90 percent of atmospheric measures more accurately than Europe’s top weather center.

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October 29, 2023 1:53 AM
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DeepMind Wants to Use AI to Solve the Climate Crisis

DeepMind Wants to Use AI to Solve the Climate Crisis | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
WIRED spoke with DeepMind’s climate lead about techno-utopianism, ways AI can help fight climate change, and what’s currently standing in the way.
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October 15, 2023 8:22 AM
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Green Light - Google Research

Green Light - Google Research | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Green Light uses AI and Google Maps driving trends to build actionable recommendations for city traffic engineers to optimize traffic flow, helping reduce traffic at intersections and GHG emissions
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September 16, 2024 2:33 AM
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An Underwater Data Center in San Francisco Bay? Regulators Say Not So Fast

An Underwater Data Center in San Francisco Bay? Regulators Say Not So Fast | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
The YC-backed startup NetworkOcean plans to sink GPUs into San Francisco Bay. Multiple California regulators WIRED spoke with hadn’t heard about the test—and raised concerns about its potential environmental impact.
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September 8, 2024 2:20 AM
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Government funds research to tackle extreme weather | Computer Weekly

Government funds research to tackle extreme weather | Computer Weekly | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Researchers will use data gathered from monitoring rivers, weather conditions and ground water saturation to improve flood and drought defences.
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July 28, 2024 2:36 AM
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's pledge to support carbon removal solutions

's pledge to support carbon removal solutions | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
We pledge to contract for $35M of carbon removal credits over the next 12 months, matching the U.S. DOE’s new carbon removal initiative.
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July 28, 2024 2:13 AM
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Analysis: How some of the world’s largest companies rely on carbon offsets to ‘reach net-zero’

Analysis: How some of the world’s largest companies rely on carbon offsets to ‘reach net-zero’ | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
The world’s top fossil-fuel producers, carmakers and tech firms have used carbon offsets to cancel out pollution equivalent to the annual emissions of Finland over the past three years, Carbon Brief analysis reveals.
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July 12, 2024 1:49 AM
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AI drives 48% increase in Google emissions

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May 5, 2024 1:23 AM
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Live GPS Spoofing Tracker Map

Explore global real-time GPS spoofing activity through ADS-B data from the OpenSky Network on our interactive map.
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April 13, 2024 2:51 AM
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Apple Is Making It Slightly Easier to Repair Your iPhone

Apple Is Making It Slightly Easier to Repair Your iPhone | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it

After pressure from state lawmakers, Apple is making concessions on “parts pairing.” Right-to-repair advocates say it’s the bare minimum.

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March 25, 2024 12:08 AM
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The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point

The World’s E-Waste Has Reached a Crisis Point | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it

A new UN report finds that humanity is generating 137 billion pounds of TVs, smartphones, and other e-waste a year—and recycling less than a quarter of it.

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March 11, 2024 10:56 PM
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Good Climate Solutions Need Good Policy—and AI Can Help With That

Good Climate Solutions Need Good Policy—and AI Can Help With That | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it

Climate Policy Radar's tools scan global environmental laws to see what works and what doesn't. What its AI is discovering today will help shape the regulations of tomorrow.

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December 2, 2023 12:03 AM
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Welcome – Tomorrow.City – The biggest platform about urban innovation

Welcome – Tomorrow.City – The biggest platform about urban innovation | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it

THE HEART OF URBAN INNOVATION Imagined by Smart City Expo World Congress, Tomorrow.City is the world’s biggest digital platform devoted to creating and spreading content about cities and innovation. Start exploringRegister Now THE PLATFORM FOR WORLDWIDE CITY CHANGERS In an ever-growing urbanized wor

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November 19, 2023 6:04 AM
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Ex-Coca-Cola VPs debut ChatGPT-like AI tool to help enterprises solve their sustainability woes | Computer Weekly

Ex-Coca-Cola VPs debut ChatGPT-like AI tool to help enterprises solve their sustainability woes | Computer Weekly | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it

The Ubuntoo AI tool is already in use within several Fortune 500 companies to help these firms hone their sustainability strategies

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October 15, 2023 8:23 AM
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Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying

Google’s AI Is Making Traffic Lights More Efficient and Less Annoying | IT helps the environment and science | Scoop.it
Google is analyzing data from its Maps app to suggest how cities can adjust traffic light timing to cut wait times and emissions. The company says it’s already cutting stops for millions of drivers.
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