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Press Release: Rising #Emissions, Depleting #Water and Vanishing #Land—UN Scientists: #AI Is Threatening #NaturalResources for Billions

By 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warns

Date Published
3 Jun 2026

Excerpt: "Inference, efficiency, and the rebound effect

"Public discussion has largely focused on the energy required to train massive models. Training GPT-3 was estimated to require 1.3 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity, while estimates suggest GPT-4 consumed between 50 and 70 GWh. However, the report reveals this framing is outdated. Once a model is deployed, inference—the continuous running of models to answer everyday user prompts—becomes the dominant cost, accounting for 80 to 90 per cent of total #AI energy use. ChatGPT alone is estimated to process around 2.5 billion prompts per day, translating to roughly 383 GWh of electricity per year for a single product. Offsetting associated carbon emissions would require 2.6 million tree seedlings grown for 10 years, enough trees to cover a land area the size of Manhattan. The water footprint is equivalent to the minimum annual domestic water needs of roughly 500,000 people in Sub-Saharan Africa, and the land footprint is equal to over 800 football fields."

Read more:
https://unu.edu/inweh/news/environmental-cost-of-AIs-Enrgy-use-carbon-water-and-land-footprints

#AIBoom #Electricity #Hyperscale #BigTech #BigData #CarbonFootprint #EnvironmentalRacism #EnvironmentalDegradation #NoisePollution #LightPollution #WaterIsLife #AIAgents #BotTraffic #GreenSpaces #Farmland #Prairies #Woodland #TechGiants #ProtectNature #NoDatacenters #EnergyConsumption #USPol #WorldPol #Datacentres
#DatacenterMoratoriums #ArtificialIntelligence

This week's #NewBooks at the library: Three more books from the January clearance sale of my employer:
- The Rise of Horses: 55 Million Years of Evolution from Johns Hopkins University Press (one I might just review in tandem with a more recent book on horse evolution. At some point.)
- Extraction to Extinction: Rethinking our Relationship with Earth's Natural Resources from @sarabandbooks.
- The Good Ancestor: How to Think Long Term in a Short-Term World from WH Allen. Somewhere there is a review series brewing about long-term thinking (no, not *that* sort of long-termism!)

#Evolution #Horses #NaturalResources #ResourceExtraction #Environmentalism #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon @bookstodon

[Repost] The argument that giving Sabah its 40% will bankrupt the Federal Government is an admission of systemic exploitation and fiscal failure. Sabah's dignity comes first.

https://kalvin.my/the-40-question-sabahs-right-vs-federal-excuses-a-matter-of-justice-not-charity

#Sabah #MA63 #Justice #Malaysia #Borneo #Federalism #Accountability #Rights #EastMalaysia #NaturalResources #OilAndGas #ConstitutionalLaw #SabahLawSociety #SLS #Putrajaya #Equity #Dignity #EconomicJustice #Advocacy #Activism #Politics #Development #CurrentAffairs #NoBot #Sabahans #Borneon #Malaysian #HumanRights #Poverty #SelfDetermination

[Repost] The argument that giving Sabah its 40% will bankrupt the Federal Government is an admission of systemic exploitation and fiscal failure. Sabah's dignity comes first.

https://kalvin.my/the-40-question-sabahs-right-vs-federal-excuses-a-matter-of-justice-not-charity

#Sabah #MA63 #Justice #Malaysia #Borneo #Federalism #Accountability #Rights #EastMalaysia #NaturalResources #OilAndGas #ConstitutionalLaw #SabahLawSociety #SLS #Putrajaya #Equity #Dignity #EconomicJustice #Advocacy #Activism #Politics #Development #CurrentAffairs #NoBot #Sabahans #Borneon #Malaysian #HumanRights #Poverty #SelfDetermination

#BlackPanther

By Ryan Coogler, 2023

"Black Panther is a #solarpunk, #afrofuturist superhero film that helps spark discussions about three aspects of climate literacy: access to #NaturalResources, especially #RareEarthMetals like the fictional vibranium; the interconnectedness of #RacialJustice and #ClimateJustice, including one’s responsibilities to other people and nations across the globe; and the role of #GreenTechnology, including urban design, to create a #sustainable, just, and #ecological civilization."

https://www.climatelit.org/literature/black-panther/

#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateJustice #Wakanda #GreenDesign #Africa #RacialJustice #EcologicalLiteracy #SolarPunkFiction #AfroFuturism

#BlackPanther

By Ryan Coogler, 2023

"Black Panther is a #solarpunk, #afrofuturist superhero film that helps spark discussions about three aspects of climate literacy: access to #NaturalResources, especially #RareEarthMetals like the fictional vibranium; the interconnectedness of #RacialJustice and #ClimateJustice, including one’s responsibilities to other people and nations across the globe; and the role of #GreenTechnology, including urban design, to create a #sustainable, just, and #ecological civilization."

https://www.climatelit.org/literature/black-panther/

#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateJustice #Wakanda #GreenDesign #Africa #RacialJustice #EcologicalLiteracy #SolarPunkFiction #AfroFuturism

#BlackPanther

By Ryan Coogler, 2023

"Black Panther is a #solarpunk, #afrofuturist superhero film that helps spark discussions about three aspects of climate literacy: access to #NaturalResources, especially #RareEarthMetals like the fictional vibranium; the interconnectedness of #RacialJustice and #ClimateJustice, including one’s responsibilities to other people and nations across the globe; and the role of #GreenTechnology, including urban design, to create a #sustainable, just, and #ecological civilization."

https://www.climatelit.org/literature/black-panther/

#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateJustice #Wakanda #GreenDesign #Africa #RacialJustice #EcologicalLiteracy #SolarPunkFiction #AfroFuturism

#BlackPanther

By Ryan Coogler, 2023

"Black Panther is a #solarpunk, #afrofuturist superhero film that helps spark discussions about three aspects of climate literacy: access to #NaturalResources, especially #RareEarthMetals like the fictional vibranium; the interconnectedness of #RacialJustice and #ClimateJustice, including one’s responsibilities to other people and nations across the globe; and the role of #GreenTechnology, including urban design, to create a #sustainable, just, and #ecological civilization."

https://www.climatelit.org/literature/black-panther/

#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateJustice #Wakanda #GreenDesign #Africa #RacialJustice #EcologicalLiteracy #SolarPunkFiction #AfroFuturism

#BlackPanther

By Ryan Coogler, 2023

"Black Panther is a #solarpunk, #afrofuturist superhero film that helps spark discussions about three aspects of climate literacy: access to #NaturalResources, especially #RareEarthMetals like the fictional vibranium; the interconnectedness of #RacialJustice and #ClimateJustice, including one’s responsibilities to other people and nations across the globe; and the role of #GreenTechnology, including urban design, to create a #sustainable, just, and #ecological civilization."

https://www.climatelit.org/literature/black-panther/

#SolarPunkSunday #ClimateJustice #Wakanda #GreenDesign #Africa #RacialJustice #EcologicalLiteracy #SolarPunkFiction #AfroFuturism

Looking at the wonders of nature https://www.allforgardening.com/1354408/looking-at-the-wonders-of-nature/ #beaver #BeaverCounty #biological #BiologicalSciences #birds #content #County #Eagles #Eagles(birds) #garden #gardener #gardening #Marimo. #natural #NaturalResources #Neutral #northwest #Overall #OverallNeutral #pa #PAContentSharingNorthwest #plants #pollinators #Resources #sciences #sharing #wildlife

Identification Of Geothermal Anomalies From Landsat Derived Land Surface Temperature, Mount Meager Volcanic Complex, British Columbia, Canada
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rse.2025.114649 <-- shared paper
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“Highlights:
• A novel method for detecting geothermal components from solar energy dominated LST.
• Using LST time series to eliminate temporal variant solar energy input.
• Uncertainty in anomaly identification quantified by probability measure.
• Capable of revealing LST anomalies caused by geothermal, anthropogenic and surface processes..."
#GIS #spatial #mapping #britishcolumbia #BC #solar #geothermal #remotesensing #earthobservation #LST #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal #naturalresources #volcanic #geology #geostatistics #landsurfacetemperature #satellite #geothermalheatflux #GHF #energybalance #calculation #model #MountMeager #Landsat #landsat8 #hotspring #landslide #massmovement #engineeringgeology #spring #seep #anthropogenic #HEP #hydropower #monitoring #risk #hazard

A #pilot #forestry project that puts some of #NovaScotia 's #forest lands in the care of #Mikmaw communities could be extended.

Over the last 4 yrs, the #confederacy of Mainland #Mikmaq , the #Unamaki Institute of #NaturalResources & the #KwilmukwMawklusaqn, also known as the #MikmaqRightsInitiative - managed 30,000 hectares of #CrownLand using Mi'kmaw foresty practices.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/mikmaq-forestry-initiative-land-management-1.6803759

#Indigenous #FirstNations #NativeLandManagement #NativeLed #Maritimes #Canada

Global Shift To Domestic Production Of Minerals
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https://mineralexplorationgeology.com/2023/01/05/global-shift-to-domestic-production-of-minerals/
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #criticalminerals #ESG #exploration #geology #minerals #mineralexploration #policy #science, #silver #mining #supplychain #economy #environmental #global #global #economy #economicsocialgovernance #naturalresources #morality #suppliers #economic #bearable #sustainability #sustainabledevelopment #equitable #viable #social

#Introduction (work): I'm a #scientist. Exactly what kind of scientist isn't that important, but if we go down that road, I've been trained in #palaeobiology, #ecology and #paleontology, but nowadays I am working on #SocioEcologicalSystems and how human #society are using #NaturalResources. I am drawn towards #ComplexSystemTheory and networks, and I'm interested about the #DeepRoots of the #SystemicConnections between #nature, #climate, #HumanSocieties and #ResourceUse.