Why Some AI Models Spew 50 Times More Greenhouse Gas to Answer the Same Question
Like it or not, large language models have quickly become embedded into our lives. And due to their intense energy and water needs, they might also be causing us to…
Uber offers new feature for environmentally conscious riders
The new carbon emissions feature on Uber’s app. Uber Environmentally conscious Uber riders interested in keeping an eye on their carbon footprint can now discover the level of carbon dioxide…
Sonos needs to curb its power consumption if it wants to be net zero by 2040
When it comes to climate change, Sonos has identified power consumption of its products as the area where it can make the biggest impact on carbon.
What Earth was like last time CO2 levels were this high
Climate 101 is a Mashable series that answers provoking and salient questions about Earth’s warming climate. The last time CO2 levels were as high as today, ocean waters drowned the…
More EVs by 2050 could save thousands of lives, American Lung Association finds
America has a pollution problem, especially when it comes to how we get around. From our semi-trucks to trains to school buses to personal cars, we’re emitting too much carbon…
The deceiving thing about the big, historic drop in CO2 emissions
Eye-opening, powerful words are now used to describe plummeting CO2 emissions in 2020. It “would be the largest decrease in emissions ever recorded,” the International Energy Agency said Thursday. Spurred…