Environment

Data centers have become integral to a global economy that's powered by digital information. However, many of the facilities depend on water to keep from overheating. That is further straining water resources in places like California, where Lake Oroville

Data centers, backbone of the digital economy, face water scarcity and climate risk

6:07am August 30, 2022

by Michael Copley

About 20% of data centers in the United States already rely on watersheds that are under moderate to high stress from drought and other factors. However, few companies are talking about the issue.

A boat navigates at night next to large icebergs in eastern Greenland on Aug. 15, 2019.

Environment

Zombie ice will raise sea levels more than twice as much as previously forecast

5:15am August 30, 2022

by The Associated Press

Zombie ice, or doomed ice that is no longer getting replenished by parent glaciers will raise global sea level by at least 10.6 inches, according to a new study.

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New England has been suffering from frequent droughts all summer

5:10am August 30, 2022

New England is experiencing more frequent droughts, which threaten farmers, deplete water supplies, and increase the risk of wildfires. This summer's been a tough one.

Republican politicians are critical of Biden's voluntary farm conservation plans

5:10am August 30, 2022

by Elizabeth Rembert

Voluntary conservation is embraced by some farmers who get payments. But some governors are comparing the Biden administration's new plan to step up conservation goals to a government takeover.

People wade through a flooded area in Pakistan, that has been dealing with what people are calling "monster monsoons".

Environment

Why climate change may be driving more infectious diseases

5:00am August 30, 2022

While the impacts of climate change may conjure images of natural disasters, a new study shows that its can also impact humans on a microscopic level.

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Hinds County Emergency Management Operations deputy director Tracy Funches, right, and operations coordinator Luke Chennault, wade through flood waters in northeast Jackson, Miss., Monday, Aug. 29, 2022.

Governor declares water emergency for Mississippi capital

11:38pm August 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

Mississippi's governor says the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency will start distributing both drinking water and non-potable water in the city of 150,000 residents.

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, an activist from Malawi, was one of six recipients of the 2021 Goldman Environmental Prize. Majiga-Kamoto has been campaigning to convince Malawi to implement a ban on thin plastics.

Whatever happened to the Malawian anti-plastic activist inspired by goats?

5:00pm August 29, 2022

by Julia Simon

Gloria Majiga-Kamoto, after seeing goats dying from eating plastic bags, took on the plastic industry and won the Goldman Environmental Prize. But Malawi's plastic industry still poses challenges.

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Thousands of gallons of raw sewage were released into Peter's Creek last week

3:45pm August 29, 2022

by April Laissle

Nearly 80,000 gallons of raw sewage was released in Peter's Creek in Winston-Salem last week, and the public wasn't notified until days later.

N.C. A&T receives $10M for clean energy research

11:09am August 29, 2022

by Neal Charnoff

North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University has received a $10 million grant to open a clean energy research center.

Environment

Long overlooked, Oregon's Swastika Mountain may have a new name soon

5:30am August 29, 2022

by Dustin Jones

Swastika Mountain, located about 30 miles outside Eugene, Ore., was named after a local ranch in the early 1900s. Now it's in the process of being renamed.