Tag: climate change

New energy technology in the form of paint can heat and cool buildings

L. Green
Energy technology - Person painting house exterior

This can help to reduce electricity use for air conditioning and decrease heating fuel consumption. Stanford University scientists have developed a new form of energy technology in the form of a paint that can both heat and cool homes and other structures, keeping them cool in the summer and warm in the winter. The result is that electricity and heating fuel consumption are reduced, as is the cost of their use. The idea is that through this paint alone, buildings can reduce their operating costs and produce lower carbon emissions.…

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Apple devices to use rechargeable batteries made with recycled cobalt by 2025

L. Green
Rechargeable batteries - Smartphone with recycling symbol

The company is moving ahead with a strategy for carbon-neutral products in two years. As a part of Apple’s strategy to achieve carbon neutrality throughout the length of its supply chain and product life cycle by the end of the decade, it is promising rechargeable batteries made with 100 percent recycled cobalt in its devices. This step is a strong one along the road to reaching the company’s sustainability goals. Apple announced that it would have the recycled cobalt in its rechargeable batteries by 2025. Furthermore, the iPhone maker also…

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Artificial intelligence model helps researchers predict shrinking snow cover

Jorge Gonzalez
Artificial intelligence - AI - Snowy mountains

Mountains worldwide have been experiencing a recession of their snow cover for decades. Artificial intelligence modeling is being used to map out the details of what mountain hikers and climbers have been experiencing for years as they have been working with record high temperatures. According to AI models, mountains around the globe have been losing their snow cover for forty years. The rising temperatures have made for receding snow cover as well as less predictable conditions, as was the case last July when a substantial chunk of the Marmolada Mountain…

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Machine learning research aims to mitigate climate change risks

L. Green
Machine learning - climate change - Research

Canadian researchers are employing artificial intelligence to optimize various systems and strategies. A team of researchers in Canada are using machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) to work on reducing the risks posed by climate change. The scientists at a Canadian university have been developing Climate Change AI to mitigate risk. One of the project’s leaders, Sasha Luccioni, is working to use machine learning to overcome some of the biggest challenges humans face as a result of climate change. She is working with researchers at the University of Prince Edward…

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Will a giant QR code help to save the environment?

Julie Campbell
tuvalu mangrove giant qr code

A Taiwanese artist has used a tech friendly mangrove project to combat climate change. Tuvalu, a tiny country in the South Pacific made of nine islets, now features a giant QR code art project. This quick response code is meant to act as a means to draw attention to the battle against climate change. The barcode was made by Vincent J.F. Huang, an artist from Taiwan. The QR code is made out of 3,000 mangrove trees that the artist planted on Tuvalu’s coastline. The trees were planted in the shape…

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