Airborne microplastics aid in cloud formation
It turns out microplastics have an effect on the weather and climate.
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New study takes the Earth’s temperature over a half-billion years
Read more: New study takes the Earth’s temperature over a half-billion yearsWith one exception, a strong link between carbon dioxide and global temperatures.
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Evidence of “snowball Earth” found in ancient rocks
Read more: Evidence of “snowball Earth” found in ancient rocksAn outcrop in Scotland has material from when the Earth went into a deep freeze.
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atmospheric science, Climate, Earth science, forecasting, meteorology, Science, Tech Industry, Tech News, weather
Model mixes AI and physics to do global forecasts
Read more: Model mixes AI and physics to do global forecastsGoogle/academic project is great with weather, has some limits for climate.
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Google’s environmental report pointedly avoids AI’s actual energy cost
Read more: Google’s environmental report pointedly avoids AI’s actual energy costGoogle totally dodges the question of how much energy is AI is using — perhaps because the answer is “way more than we’d care to say.” © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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AI, Climate, climate change, data center, energy, funding, fundraising, phaidra, startup, Startups, Tech Industry, Tech News
As the AI boom gobbles up power, Phaidra is helping companies manage datacenter power more efficiently
Read more: As the AI boom gobbles up power, Phaidra is helping companies manage datacenter power more efficientlyElectricity demand is booming on account of AI. In a May 2024 report, Goldman Sachs predicted that data centers will use 8% of the U.S.’s total power supply by 2030, up from 3% in 2022, as cloud service providers expand to meet the dema…
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ai waste management, Climate, climate startups, Startups, TC, Tech Industry, Tech News, VC, Venture, venture capital
Sensorita uses digital twins to help waste management companies streamline construction waste
Read more: Sensorita uses digital twins to help waste management companies streamline construction wasteThe amount of waste produced by the construction industry adds up to more than a third of the overall waste produced each year in the European Union. And it’s no better in the U.S. Stateside, the construction industry produces more than double th…
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Artyc, Batteries, Climate, exclusive, lithium ion battery, shipping and logistics, Startups, Tech Industry, Tech News
Cold shipping might be the next industry that batteries disrupt
Read more: Cold shipping might be the next industry that batteries disruptArtyc has raised $14 million to date and has a product on the market, Medstow Micro, that helps ship temperature-sensitive specimens. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
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As battery startups fail, Sila snaps up $375M in new funding
Read more: As battery startups fail, Sila snaps up $375M in new fundingAmid a fraught environment for battery startups, Sila has raised $375 million to finish construction of a U.S. factory that will scale its next-generation battery technology for customers like Mercedes-Benz and Panasonic by the end of 2025. Sila, forme…
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Climate, climate tech vc, first of a kind, fundraising, Rondo, scaling, Startups, Tech Industry, Tech News
Rondo Energy funding shows a new way across the climate startup ‘valley of death’
Read more: Rondo Energy funding shows a new way across the climate startup ‘valley of death’Climate tech startups especially those building hardware, face a particular challenge when trying to move beyond the prototype or pilot phase and start selling finished products to customers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use onl…
