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China Powers AI Boom with Undersea Data Centers

Scientific American

This June construction began on a wind-powered underwater data center about six miles off the coast of Shanghai, one of China’s AI hubs. An artist’s rendering of a wind-powered underwater data center being built off the coast of Shanghai.

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Why is EPA at War with Its Own Employees?

Legal Planet

She’s President of AFGE Local 1236, one of the unions that represent workers in EPA Region 9 (California and 4 other Western states) and EPA’s National Center for Radiation Field Operations. “I “I think it was intended to scare people, and it had its intended impact for sure,” said Bethany Dreyfus.

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Morocco targets 80% renewables by 2050?

A Greener Life

Wind power will become the largest renewable energy source in the country overtaking hydro. . For wind power alone the installed capacity will increase from 1.4 While the installed capacity for both PV and CSP solar power will increase from 734 megawatts (MW) in 2020 to 2.1 GW during last year. GW in 2020 to 4.3

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Renewables: how Puerto Rico could turn a crisis into an opportunity

Edouard Stenger

— Solar and wind. According to a paper published by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in 2015, Puerto Rico has 840 megawatts of potential wind power and only 120 MW of installed capacity. The island could thus boost by a factor seven its wind capacity.

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Physics: The Science of the Universe and Everything In It

Environmental Science

Typical applications include examining star formation (astronomy), ocean oscillations and forcings (meteorology and environmental science), how wind turbines function and can harness wind power ( environmental engineering ), seismological activity. Particle Physics.

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Rebutting 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles

Law Columbia

For example, our report examines the common misconceptions that electric vehicles have a net harmful effect on climate change ( they do not ); that electromagnetic radiation from wind turbines poses a threat to human health ( it does not ); and that solar energy development negatively impacts U.S. jobs ( it does not ).

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Deserts as Ecosystems and Why They Need Protecting

Environmental Science

Surface albedo is high - heat acquired during the day is radiated at night. Radiation is intense - both in terms of how much deserts receive and how much they reflect back into the environment. Deserts are also useful sources of wind power. Leisure and Tourism. Deserts attract millions of visitors every year.