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The Internet is anything but immaterial, as all those messages, images, and videos live in data centres, which consume immense amounts of energy.
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As world leaders assemble for the United Nations climate change conference, it’s hard to be optimistic towards any radical change in global carbon emissions.
UPDATE: 27 Mountaineers on a Training Climb Killed by Massive Avalanche in the Indian Himalaya
A large group of students and instructors from India's famed Nehru Institute of Mountaineering were descending after a training climb on Draupadi ka Danda (5,670m) when the avalanche struck them.
The Pakistan Floods: What Role Did Climate Change Play?
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Freediving, Spearfishing and Disconnecting in a Remote corner of the Caribbean
A hijacking of our mindfulness, courtesy of technology, can negatively affect our most cherished and often elusive state, happiness. We went searching for it in remote La Gloria.