Environmental Disasters! (we saw coming)

[Radwin Bodnic]

The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom - Nature Communications

The paper maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines. It finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-2023 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston.

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[Radwin Bodnic]

Earth is wobbling more than it should. Scientists say massive water losses are to blame

https://www.sciencefocus.com/news/earths-rotation-soil-moisture

 

[Radwin Bodnic]

The 10% richest are responsible for two thirds of the climate change. I see an easy way to cut climate change down to a third of its current situation while preserving 90% of the world's population...

High-income groups disproportionately contribute to climate extremes worldwide - Nature Climate Change

While climate injustice is widely recognized, a quantification of how emissions inequality translates into unequal accountability is still lacking. Here researchers examine how affluent groups disproportionately contribute to the increase in mean temperature and the frequency of extreme events.

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