water shortage
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Water, water everywhere but not a drop to drink?
Are Big Tech’s plans to build hundreds of massive new data centres around the UK going to cause water shortages for the rest of us? Foxglove has conducted new research which reveals the staggering amount of water used by data centres to keep their computers cool. We’ve found a worrying lack of plans to ensure… Continue reading
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World’s farms at a breaking point
Almost 10% of the 8 billion people on earth are already undernourished with 3 billion lacking healthy diets, and the land and water resources farmers rely on stressed to “a breaking point.” And by 2050 there will be 2 billion more mouths to feed, warns a new report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Continue reading
The New Dark Age 