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Discs vs. data: Are we helping the environment by streaming?

Enlarge (credit: Getty Images ) Earth Day was April 22nd, and its usual message—take care of our planet—has been given added urgency by the challenges highlighted in the latest IPCC report. This year, Ars is taking a look at the technologies we normally cover, from cars to chipmaking, and finding out how we can boost […]

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IBM says AI can help track carbon pollution across vast supply chains

Enlarge / A container ship sails off the coast of Thailand. (credit: iStock ) Finding sources of pollution across vast supply chains may be one of the largest barriers to eliminating carbon pollution. For some sources like electricity or transportation, it’s relatively easy. But for others like agriculture or consumer electronics, tracing and quantifying greenhouse […]

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Does newspaper recycling advantage that the climate? It depends upon

For a lot of folks, the most comfortable method to”go green” or even”be green” is likely paper recycling. (And possibly its aging division uncle:”Take a tree until you publish this email. “) there are lots of means to appraise the ecological advantages of these activities, and among these will be greenhouse gas emissions. Just just […]