#environmental-footprint — Public Fediverse posts

So, liebe Leute, jetzt könnt ihr gar nicht sagen, dass ihr es nicht gewusst habt! Die Empfehlungen der AG #GreeningDH zum ressourcenschonenden Umgang mit Forschungsdaten sind jetzt veröffentlicht: https://zenodo.org/records/15288095

Wir freuen uns auf eine rege Nutzung derselben insbesondere bei der Vorbereitung von Forschungsdatenmanagementplänen!
cc @Mareike2405 @anja_g_werder @LisaRosendahl

#environmentalfootprint #data #datamanagement #digitalhumanities

Back in the game! I am giving a talk at 1:30 today, as usual with an over-dramatic title "Why human civilization can't afford AI. An introduction to the environmental footprint of digital technologies, and why AI makes things worse" although it's a basic intro and I mainly cover topics I am not an expert in (let's go for some balls). Looking forward! #greeningDH #environmentalfootprint #ICT

Back in the game! I am giving a talk at 1:30 today, as usual with an over-dramatic title "Why human civilization can't afford AI. An introduction to the environmental footprint of digital technologies, and why AI makes things worse" although it's a basic intro and I mainly cover topics I am not an expert in (let's go for some balls). Looking forward! #greeningDH #environmentalfootprint #ICT

[#EnvironmentalFootprint] The development of the Athena X-IFU instrument, the high-resolution X-ray #spectrometer that will be aboard ESA's #Athena space observatory in 2037, has an environmental cost.

An analysis of the instrument's lifecycle has identified the main items of energy costs, mobilization of mineral and metal resources, ...

In detail : https://www.irap.omp.eu/en/2024/06/integrating-environmental-constraints-into-astrophysics-research-the-example-of-the-athena-x-ifu/

For your consideration:
researchers have assessed that generating a single AI image requires the same amount of energy needed to fully charge your iPhone battery. Training an AI model also requires “626,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, or the equivalent of around 300 round-trip flights between New York and San Francisco—nearly five times the lifetime emissions of the average car.”
https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2024/4/23/how-ai-cheapens-design
#LLM #AI #EnvironmentalFootprint #carbon_footprint

For your consideration:
researchers have assessed that generating a single AI image requires the same amount of energy needed to fully charge your iPhone battery. Training an AI model also requires “626,000 pounds of carbon dioxide, or the equivalent of around 300 round-trip flights between New York and San Francisco—nearly five times the lifetime emissions of the average car.”
https://www.thealternative.org.uk/dailyalternative/2024/4/23/how-ai-cheapens-design
#LLM #AI #EnvironmentalFootprint #carbon_footprint

(See also https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111550)

First, it is based on experiences with applying the Product #EnvironmentalFootprint (#PEF) to buildings, particularly the protocol for systematic #HotspotAnalysis.

#SLiCE is further based on insights from EU Level(s) pilot phase and the requirement for #reporting both building material and energy inventories (i.e., LCI), and results of #LifeCycle impact assessment (LCIA) at different levels (e.g., by building elements or life cycle stages).

(See also https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2021.111550)

First, it is based on experiences with applying the Product #EnvironmentalFootprint (#PEF) to buildings, particularly the protocol for systematic #HotspotAnalysis.

#SLiCE is further based on insights from EU Level(s) pilot phase and the requirement for #reporting both building material and energy inventories (i.e., LCI), and results of #LifeCycle impact assessment (LCIA) at different levels (e.g., by building elements or life cycle stages).

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2023/how-to-recycle-plastic-with-enzymes

#Recycle #Plastic #Enzymes #Food #Environment

“…with #plastic production doubling every 15 years. The relatively low cost of #petroleum based polymers encourages their single use and #overconsumption. Synthetic plastics are recalcitrant to #biodegradation, and #mismanagement of plastic waste leads to their accumulation in the #ecosystem, resulting in a disastrous #environmentalfootprint.

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-092120-091054

https://knowablemagazine.org/content/article/food-environment/2023/how-to-recycle-plastic-with-enzymes

#Recycle #Plastic #Enzymes #Food #Environment

“…with #plastic production doubling every 15 years. The relatively low cost of #petroleum based polymers encourages their single use and #overconsumption. Synthetic plastics are recalcitrant to #biodegradation, and #mismanagement of plastic waste leads to their accumulation in the #ecosystem, resulting in a disastrous #environmentalfootprint.

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/10.1146/annurev-chembioeng-092120-091054

The New Books Network was kind enough to feature my book, "From Handwriting to Footprinting. Text and Heritage in the Age of Climate Crisis", in their podcast series.

Tune in to listen to it (e.g., me talking about it) here:
https://newbooksnetwork.com/from-handwriting-to-footprinting

Cc @OpenBookPublish

#archiving #openaccess #publishing #someGermanliterature #oldpapers #philology #environmentalfootprint #climatecrisis

The New Books Network was kind enough to feature my book, "From Handwriting to Footprinting. Text and Heritage in the Age of Climate Crisis", in their podcast series.

Tune in to listen to it (e.g., me talking about it) here:
https://newbooksnetwork.com/from-handwriting-to-footprinting

Cc @OpenBookPublish

#archiving #openaccess #publishing #someGermanliterature #oldpapers #philology #environmentalfootprint #climatecrisis

#DNS #environmentalFootprint

"Lookups take enormous numbers of queries these days. A support customer was asking why a lookup wasn’t completing within 3 seconds. The resolution process took 48 queries with a cold cache. Involved several CDNs and required fetching nameserver addresses in several different TLDs. There where no retries
in that count.
CNAME chains are expensive but we have a whole industry that has fallen in love with them."

(On an OARC mailing list.)

#DNS #environmentalFootprint

"Lookups take enormous numbers of queries these days. A support customer was asking why a lookup wasn’t completing within 3 seconds. The resolution process took 48 queries with a cold cache. Involved several CDNs and required fetching nameserver addresses in several different TLDs. There where no retries
in that count.
CNAME chains are expensive but we have a whole industry that has fallen in love with them."

(On an OARC mailing list.)

#ExtremeWeatherEvents are already jeopardising #coffee crops and driving up consumer costs. And these trends are anticipated to continue as the world continues to warm.
https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/commodity-profile-coffee/
#carbonbrief
#EnvironmentalFootprint #climatechange

#ExtremeWeatherEvents are already jeopardising #coffee crops and driving up consumer costs. And these trends are anticipated to continue as the world continues to warm.
https://interactive.carbonbrief.org/commodity-profile-coffee/
#carbonbrief
#EnvironmentalFootprint #climatechange

"The fat-takers cross the oceans": how ecological overshoot started 500+ years ago, way before #fossilfuels

https://buff.ly/3cNe5fD

#environmentalFootprint #colonialism #capitalism #globalization #growth #anthropocene #biodiversity #europe

"The fat-takers cross the oceans": how ecological overshoot started 500+ years ago, way before #fossilfuels

https://buff.ly/3cNe5fD

#environmentalFootprint #colonialism #capitalism #globalization #growth #anthropocene #biodiversity #europe

Well, duh! How can it grow at 0.5%? Cheap bastards! "Amazon is discontinuing its AmazonSmile charity program next month" https://arstechnica.com/?p=1911172 #AmazonSmile #charity #EnvironmentalFootprint

Looking for some #home and #garden new year’s #resolutions to reduce your environmental impact? These 5 tips were written for #Minnesota but they are applicable anywhere.

https://knickpoints.blog/2023/01/16/five-conservation-resolutions-for-your-new-year/

#conservation #EnvironmentalFootprint

Looking for some #home and #garden new year’s #resolutions to reduce your environmental impact? These 5 tips were written for #Minnesota but they are applicable anywhere.

https://knickpoints.blog/2023/01/16/five-conservation-resolutions-for-your-new-year/

#conservation #EnvironmentalFootprint

@ckohtala @Aepasek @Melf @maximilian @erazlogo @inquiline @akstuhl @mel_hogan @dawnnafus So here's an update everyone from the thread: the first article of our collective has been published by the EASST review. #EnvironmentalFootprint https://www.easst.net/article/the-environmental-footprint-of-social-media-hosting-tinkering-with-mastodon/

@ckohtala @Aepasek @Melf @maximilian @erazlogo @inquiline @akstuhl @mel_hogan @dawnnafus So here's an update everyone from the thread: the first article of our collective has been published by the EASST review. #EnvironmentalFootprint https://www.easst.net/article/the-environmental-footprint-of-social-media-hosting-tinkering-with-mastodon/