AI is gobbling up water it cannot replace – I’m working on a solution
AI is turning up the heat on datacentres, causing their water use to soar.
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New technology brings Star Wars‑style desert moisture farming a step closer
Scientists have found a way to pull water from the air using only energy from the sun.
How Britain can beat the heat without becoming addicted to air conditioning
The UK faces a choice: lock into energy-hungry cooling, or redesign homes, streets and routines to stay cool naturally.
Four things cool countries can learn from hot ones about dealing with heatwaves
Traditionally cool countries need to look at how nations with high levels of heat adapt.
Global cooling is just as bad as global warming
A “cold snap” 116 million years ago triggered similar problems for marine life as more recent crises caused by global warming…
Seven tips for exercising safely during a heatwave
The most important thing is to listen to your body in order to avoid heat illness.
Heatwaves: expert tips on redesigning UK homes to cope with hotter temperatures
Academics have been testing out how best to deal with heatwaves in two neighbouring homes to see what works.
The Arctic melts, but oceans and ozone hole may cool Antarctica
Over recent decades, scientists have watched the Arctic and Antarctic polar regions respond in starkly different and perhaps surprising ways to the effects of increasing human influence on the Earth’s…
Five ways to keep towns cool in a heatwave
From special paving to green walls, the recent Cool Towns project highlights the best ways to protect urban areas, and the people living there, from the effects of heatwaves.
End of humanity? Blow‑by‑blow account of what would happen if the Yellowstone supervolcano erupted now
Anybody within the eruption zone would be pulverised by blasts, crisped by the heat, or asphyxiated by ash.
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