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Google's $15 billion Visakhapatnam data center is under active legal challenge over water scarcity and wildlife impact, even as construction continues. Here is what the court case argues, and how
Three new AI satellites just launched with one goal: catching wildfires within 20 minutes of ignition, before they turn deadly.
Data centre water consumption is now the resource fight AI can't advertise its way out of, with 71% of Americans opposing new builds. Here's what the 2026 disclosures actually show.
Efficiency gains in AI model design are real, but 2026 data on DeepSeek, Google and Microsoft's own emissions shows they're being consumed by demand growth, not shrinking AI's footprint.
AI is transforming how conservationists model ecosystem recovery, from species distribution and habitat corridors to the data gaps and human factors that still limit what algorithms alone can achieve.
John Deere's See and Spray cut herbicide use nearly 50 percent across 5 million acres in 2025. Here is what the independently verified evidence says AI precision agriculture actually delivers,
AI robotic sorting now recovers over 90% of materials at 30-50% less cost than manual sorting — but the economics don't reach everywhere, and sorting alone won't fix the circular
A small number of laboratories are building AI systems they believe may surpass human-level performance. Who they are, what safety commitments they operate under, and what governance exists over their
AI is draining the power grid, so Elon Musk and Nvidia-backed Starcloud want orbital data centres instead. One is already running. Here is the catch.
AI is unlocking 175 gigawatts of grid capacity the IEA says policy alone could never deliver — here's how forecasting, fault detection, and grid optimisation are accelerating the renewable transition
The AI carbon footprint could nearly triple the electricity use of three major nations combined by 2030. But Google cut energy per prompt 33x. Here's the honest picture.
The single biggest lever for cutting AI's energy footprint doesn't require new hardware: it's matching model size to task. Here's what the 2025-26 data says actually works.
The AI emissions paradox is real in both directions: data centres consume growing amounts of electricity, but the same technology is demonstrably cutting emissions in agriculture, power grids, and shipping.
The AI water footprint rivals its carbon footprint in scale, with U.S. data centres alone consuming over 163 billion gallons annually. Here's what the research shows about AI's hidden thirst
AlphaEarth uses AI to map Earth in real time, down to 10-meter detail worldwide. See how scientists are already using it for conservation.
AI data centre emissions could rise 11-fold by 2030, Accenture warns, while the IEA projects electricity demand nearly doubling. Here's what's actually driving it, and why the industry shows no
AI wildlife trafficking detection just cut night poaching by 90% in parts of Kenya. See how thermal cameras, satellites, and acoustic sensors are turning conservation from reactive to predictive.
AI food security forecasting predicted a hunger crisis 12 months out with 46% higher accuracy. See how FEWS NET's own experts explain what AI can, and can't, replace.
AI data centre demand is draining real communities of water and grid capacity, from Iowa to Brazil. Here's how hyperscale facilities are outpacing the planning systems meant to govern them.
AI flood forecasting now includes 24-hour urban flash flood warnings, built using news reports as training data for regions that never had flood sensors at all.
Children are growing up inside AI -- with tutoring tools, recommendation algorithms, and AI companions shaping their development in ways that parents have no generational template for navigating.
Artificial intelligence is reshaping agriculture through precision farming, robotic harvesting, and climate adaptation tools that could determine whether the world can feed itself.
AI is directing autonomous tractors, detecting crop disease before humans can, and transforming livestock monitoring. Here is how farming is being digitally reinvented.
The renewable energy transition hit 42% of UK electricity in 2023, but heat and heavy transport remain stubbornly gas-dependent. Here's the real progress, the intermittency problem, and why the policy
Scotland's £3.9bn Ravenscraig data centre pitches itself as green AI done right — but a Guardian FOI investigation just found its £8.2bn flagship neighbour can't deliver the renewables it promised.
Training GPT-4 used as much electricity as 5,000 homes for a year. Here is what AI actually costs the environment -- and why the industry is not being transparent about
DeepMind's weather model outperformed supercomputer systems. AI is transforming climate science, grid management, and energy efficiency. Here is the honest assessment of AI and climate.
AI energy disclosure remains almost nonexistent even as Microsoft misses carbon targets and AWS won't break out AI-specific power use. Here's what's being hidden, and why the grid is already