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Climate Change Is Making the Middle East Uninhabitable
August 20th, 2024
Via Foreign Policy, a report on the impact of climate change in the Middle East: Over the last 10 months, the world’s attention has been focused on Israel and the Gaza Strip. The war that began on Oct. 7, 2023, with Hamas’s attack on Israel has been cataclysmic. But the conflict has overshadowed another crisis […]
Read more »Water Pressure: TSMC, Other Corporations Tackle Groundwater Worries in Japan
August 20th, 2024
Via Nikkei Asia, a report on how TSMC, others tackle groundwater worries in Kumamoto, Japan: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. is participating in a program in Japan to preserve groundwater resources by flooding unused paddy fields, amid concerns that its chip factories in Kumamoto prefecture could cause water shortages in the area. Twenty years ago, Teruyuki Otaguro, […]
Read more »U.S. Tech Groups’ Water Consumption Soars In ‘Data Centre Alley’
August 18th, 2024
Courtesy of The Financial Times, an article on how water usage has increased by almost two-thirds since 2019 in the world’s largest concentration of computing infrastructure: Water consumption by dozens of facilities in Virginia’s “data centre alley” has jumped by almost two-thirds since 2019, as environmental campaigners warn that demand for computing infrastructure is set […]
Read more »Making AI Less “Thirsty”: Uncovering and Addressing the Secret Water Footprint of AI Models
August 16th, 2024
Via Arxiv.org, a new study examining the water footprint of AI: The growing carbon footprint of artificial intelligence (AI) models, especially large ones such as GPT-3, has been undergoing public scrutiny. Unfortunately, however, the equally important and enormous water (withdrawal and consumption) footprint of AI models has remained under the radar. For example, training GPT-3 […]
Read more »Colorado River Delta Showing Signs of Life After U.S.-Mexico Deal To Restore Water
August 16th, 2024
Via Science, a report on how a water sharing agreement with the United States has aided restoration of Mexico’s Colorado River delta: A decade-old effort to restore the once parched Colorado River delta in northwestern Mexico appears to be succeeding. Since the United States and Mexico agreed to restore some water to the delta in […]
Read more »Water Highways: A Blueprint For Morocco’s Water Security
August 16th, 2024
Via Eurasia Review, commentary on Morocco’s water ‘highways’: One year after the launch of the Sebou-Bouregreg Water Highway, Morocco stands at a critical juncture in its fight against water scarcity. The project’s success has not only averted severe water shortages but also positioned the Kingdom as a model for innovative water management in the face […]
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