H2O Radio
H2O Radio ... H2O Radio
Giving AI the Side-Eye - H2O Radio
2 天之前 — Researchers at Reichman University in Israel found that generative AI applications alone could add 1.2 to five million metric tons of hazardous trash to the world in just five years, an amount which is about 1,000 times more than all the e-waste that was produced in 2023.. AI uses servers, storage devices, and graphics processing units that handle thousands of calculations.
A New Compound Has Been Identified in Tap Water | H2O Radio
2024年11月24日 — The floaters rise and fall with the waves and drive pistons that compress fluid into an accumulator. That fluid is then released and turns a motor, which spins a generator that produces electricity. According to the company, the Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory estimates that wave energy could …
What Caused a 650-Foot Tsunami? - H2O Radio
2024年9月15日 — Now, we have an answer. An international team of scientists, including seismologists from Scripps Institution of Oceanography has concluded that a mountaintop in eastern Greenland collapsed into the sea and triggered a mega-tsunami about (200 meters) 650 feet tall. The giant wave rocked back and forth inside the narrow Dickson Fjord, generating seismic waves that reverberated through Earth’s ...
About H2O Radio | H2O Radio
Frani's interest in water and the environment started when she was a Girl Scout in Southern California. Someone’s father, who was less enthusiastic about cookie sales and sewing and more driven to make outdoorswomen of the young ladies, led the troop to acquire a reverence for the natural world, which she holds to this day.
Could China Now Become a Green Superpower? | H2O Radio
As Bloomberg Law reports, in its first term, the Trump administration moved to reduce regulations based on the Clean Water Act and made it difficult to oppose construction projects that affected wetlands and waterways.It seems likely that Trump would seek to undo water protections put in place by Biden, such as the new Lead and Copper Rule Improvements regulation, finalized last …
Phase Down? Or Phase Out? - H2O Radio
2023年12月10日 — But the main oil-producing nations, such as Saudi Arabia and others in OPEC, strongly opposed language that phases out coal, oil, and natural gas, favoring instead a less hardline commitment to phase them down.China and Russia, among others, were reportedly urging the members to focus only on reducing climate pollution without any mention of fossil fuels.
Kicking the Salt Habit - H2O Radio
Two sobering reports on global warming were released last week, warning that the planet is heating up faster than previously forecast. One report is about our “carbon budget”—the amount of carbon we can burn and still have a 50-50 chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels, which was the goal of the Paris Agreement set in 2015.
A “Silver Tsunami” Is Hitting the Water Industry | H2O Radio
2024年9月29日 — Professionals who work to provide safe drinking water and who handle waste and stormwater are aging out, and, as Michigan Public reports, finding young people to replace them is a challenge.A report six years ago by the Brookings Institution said that about 50 percent of the water workforce has only a high school diploma and will need training in digital tech and even cybersecurity.
How Taking a Walk Can Clean Water - H2O Radio
2024年4月14日 — Last week, for the first time ever, the EPA finalized rules requiring the removal of certain PFAS chemicals from drinking water. PFAS chemicals have been used since the 1940s to make, among many items, non-stick cookware, firefighting foams, waterproof clothing and fabric. PFAS compounds can get into food from biosolid fertilizers produced by water treatment facilities that are used on ...