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Castrol Building Data Center Immersion Cooling Test Site

Environment + Energy Leader

The project will study ways to reduce energy waste, capture heat, and find new fluids for the cooling process. The post Castrol Building Data Center Immersion Cooling Test Site appeared first on Environment + Energy Leader.

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Florida and California Have This Need in Common: Clean Backup Power

Union of Concerned Scientists

And then there is all the wasted food if the refrigerator is off too long. Instead we made do by putting our perishable food on ice, making coffee with the JetBoil propane burner we have for camping (in an outdoor stairwell), and keeping the blinds closed to keep the apartment as cool as possible.

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Field Notes from India: Climate Adaptation from the Ground Up

Legal Planet

Climate educators from SEWA explaining solar power for salt gathering (L) and skylights that cool the interior of a house (R). Indeed, 93% of the Indian labor force are so-called informal workers, comprising everything from small farmers and vegetable sellers to piece-work stitching and waste recyclers.

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Native American Stereotyping Contributes to Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

A detailed understanding of the forested areas, how the landscape moved and shifted, and how cool burn fires (with lower heat intensities than wildfires) would move, was common TEK knowledge. This is wasting time and when time is wasted it threatens our communities as well as verifiable science, both Western and Indigenous.

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How to Make Your Halloween More Eco-Friendly

Ocean Conservancy

However, for our ocean and the planet, the real fright comes from plastic waste. Plastic candy wrappers, plastic decorations and other plastic waste have serious impacts on our ocean and marine life. Consider composting organic waste, like pumpkins or left over party snacks, and recycling other materials. Love ocean content?

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Five Things the “Nuclear Bros” Don’t Want You to Know About Small Modular Reactors

Union of Concerned Scientists

Some SMR designs, such as NuScale, are modified versions of operating water-cooled reactors, while others are radically different designs that use coolants other than water, such as liquid sodium, helium gas, or even molten salts. SMRs will not reduce the problem of what to do with radioactive waste.

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Solar device generates electricity and desalinates water with no waste brine

Physics World

The device uses waste heat from the solar cell for desalination, thereby cooling the solar cell. It also produces no concentrated brine as waste, cutting its potential environmental impact. The post Solar device generates electricity and desalinates water with no waste brine appeared first on Physics World.