Tag: environmental impact

  • Should We Be Moving Data Centers To Space?

    With Earth’s data centers draining resources, space-based alternatives are gaining traction. Storing data on the moon or in orbit offers benefits like security, solar power, and reduced environmental impact. However, challenges like maintenance, high launch costs, and space debris need to be overcome before this becomes a viable solution.

  • Biggest Ever Jump in Atmospheric CO2 Recorded

    In 2024, carbon dioxide levels at Mauna Loa in Hawaii jumped by 3.58 parts per million, the largest rise since 1958. This increase is mainly from record human emissions and big wildfires in the northern hemisphere. As a result, limiting global temperature rise to 1.5°C is now almost impossible