Today is the autumn equinox 🍂 As autumn arrives in the northern hemisphere leaves will soon be turning shades of yellow, orange and red on their way to brown. This graphic is an old favourite that looks at the colour chemistry involved: bit.ly/3Zx6Li6#ChemSky#SciComm 🧪
First Bitcoin, now AI: trashing the environment for little benefit beyond making a small number of people enormously wealthy. If the damage was visible, in the air or water, there'd be outrage. futurism.com/the-byte/ai-...
Tech companies have been obfuscating the emissions of their AI data centers by using dodgy energy certificates in their calculations.
Three huge flood disasters on 3 continents have killed over 1,500 and cost over $15 billion over the past month--Typhhon Yagi in Asia, Storm Boris in Europe, and monsoon floods in Africa: yaleclimateconnections.org/2024/09/epic...
Three massive flood events across three continents have claimed over 1,500 lives and cost over $15 billion in September.
TODAY at 11am ET: Tune in for a high-impact conversation with White House climate advisor John Podesta in conversation with Chase Cain (NBC News) & @joanmeiners.bsky.social#ClimateOnTheBallothttps://buff.ly/3TxaxnP