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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 »Four Billion People Lack Safe Water
August 16th, 2024
Via Science, a study on how water safety – in addition to scarcity – is a key challenge compounded by climate risks and data gaps: In 2020, more than 2 billion people were estimated to lack access to safely managed drinking water services (1). However, the existing data on safely managed drinking water services are […]
Read more »She’s the New Face of Climate Activism—and She’s Carrying a Pickax
August 7th, 2024
Via Wired, a report on Léna Lazare and her cohort, who are taking on reservoirs as one of their main activist issues: The atmosphere is more festival than crime scene. There’s an accordionist, and two men in beanie hats are playing the drums. It’s a clear spring day in the farmlands of western France. But […]
Read more »Peak Water In An Era of Climate Change
July 22nd, 2024
Via The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, commentary on the definition of peak water in an era of climate change: We live on a water planet, with vast amounts of water in the oceans, an extremely dynamic hydrologic cycle that brings renewable freshwater resources in the form of rain, snow, and river flows, and large stocks […]
Read more »River Ethics and Management
June 25th, 2024
Via China Daily, commentary on river ethics and management: The world faces a grave water crisis, both in magnitude and extent. Though there are many reasons behind this sad situation, three stand out. First, the global population has continued to increase, along with commercial and industrial activities. Water is essential for the survival of humans […]
Read more »Thirsty In Paradise: Water Crises A Growing Problem Across the Caribbean Islands
May 18th, 2024
Via Phys.org, a report on water crises in the Caribbean: In the popular imagination, the Caribbean is paradise, an exotic place to escape to. But behind the images of balmy beaches and lush hotel grounds lies a crisis, the likes of which its residents have never experienced. Caribbean islands are in a water crisis, and […]
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