At the outset of the Cold War era, the United States and the Soviet Union rapidly built up large nuclear arsenals as part of the prevailing doctrine of deterrence, under which each nation attempted to ...

British demand for everyday global commodities can be linked to more than 29,000 hectares of deforestation worldwide in a single year, with tens of thousands of hectares stripped directly from ...

From data centers to AI to 5G internet, how we use the internet has a much bigger effect on our Earth than we might imagine. Cierra was an associate writer for CNET's broadband team, covering all ...

One of the most common misconceptions about aquaculture is that it reduces pressure on wild fish populations. In reality, ...

This activity was supported by a contract between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Energy, National Nuclear Security Administration ...

NVIDIA’s newest Blackwell chipset architecture is an incredible piece of hardware, offering unprecedented parallel compute capabilities but coming at the cost of massive power demand. The GB200, its ...

From toxic smoke and oil spills to rising emissions, poisoned soil and damaged ecosystems, war can reshape the environment long after the fighting stops.

Thanks in large part to the training and running of artificial-intelligence models, the amount of power California data centers are using is surging — as are related environmental and health effects, ...

Whether EVs are truly a more environmentally-friendly form of travel is a common argument, and one where both sides can ...