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AI and Extreme Climate Events: A New Ally for More Resilient Cities
Flash floods, heatwaves, prolonged droughts… Cities are increasingly on the front line of climate extremes. What if artificial intelligence could help urban areas anticipate these shocks more effectively and adapt their water systems in time? A recent scientific article published in Nature Communications explores exactly how AI is reshaping our understanding and prediction of extreme
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The new gold rush for AI servers… and their hidden water & carbon bill
A new study in Nature Sustainability looks at what happens if the current boom in generative AI continues and the USA fills up with AI servers by 2030. Spoiler: the environmental tab is huge, and “AI for environment” will only make sense if we clean up how we run AI itself. The authors estimate that, between 2024
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Smart Water: How AI is Revolutionizing the Way We Clean Our Most Precious Resource
From rigid, manual systems to intelligent, self-learning water treatment—the future of clean water is here. Water scarcity affects nearly 40% of the global population, and that number is growing. Climate change, pollution, and surging demand are pushing our water systems to their breaking points. Yet most water treatment facilities still operate like they did decades
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Powering a Greener Future: Making AI Truly Sustainable
AI’s promise for climate action is tempered by its environmental and ethical costs. In their 29 February 2024 Nature commentary “How to make AI sustainable”, Indervir Singh Banipal and Sourav Mazumder detail AI’s hidden carbon, water and transparency footprints—and offer targeted strategies to ensure that AI serves sustainability rather than undermines it. The Environmental Toll of