Launching orbital data centers is like asteroid mining in reverse
How much e-waste material would be lost by putting AI data center servers in space, instead of a building where they can easily be collected and recycled?
Elon Musk’s orbital data centers could be an environmental catastrophe
Tens of thousands of satellites burning up on reentry might not be the best thing for the ozone layer.
Notebook: flow batteries, 3D printed water cooling, and West African floods
Each post from the Notebook includes short summaries of several recent studies or other news items.
What does "AI" mean in weather and climate models?
It turns out that machine learning is being applied much differently for weather and climate—and with an interesting set of pros and cons.