H eating and lighting buildings requires a vast amount of energy: 18% of all global energy consumption, according to the International Energy Agency. Contributing to the problem is the fact that many buildings’ HVAC systems are outdated and slow to respond to weather changes, which can lead to severe energy waste.

By Abhishyant Kidangoor Satellite data have long told us where forests are and how they’re faring. Lidar, laser-based radar mounted on planes or satellites like the International Space Station, has helped us map forests in 3D.

AI is redefining air travel, making it more intelligent, convenient, and sustainable. AI-driven advanced support systems are revolutionizing airport operations, enabling efficient event tracking, optimized staff deployment, and streamlined dispatch of ground support resources like equipment and vehicles.

Deal with Intersect Power will see gigawatts of compute capacity come online Google believes the US electricity grid can't deliver the energy needed to power datacenters that deliver AI services, so has formed an alliance to build industrial parks powered by clean energy,

Generative AI and the hype around it has rung in excitement and alarm bells this year. Here’s how to consider climate, energy and AI's intersection.

Every time you use AI to write an email or ask a chatbot a question, it comes at a cost to the planet-one ton of carbon at a time. What is the carbon footprint of AI and how do we calculate it?

Explore how University of Arizona researchers are transforming climate feedback understanding by integrating AI and soil genomics into Earth system models.

The Delhi-based startup leverages AI to serve as a decarbonisation solutions provider, helping manufacturing organisations and logistics firms measure, manage, and reduce their carbon footprint.

To most of us, a power plant is a source of electricity. To Exxon Mobil Corp., it’s a machine that converts natural gas into money. And this is a propitious time for doing that. Exxon announced this week that it is getting into the electricity game — sort of.

In this edition of TechCrunch's AI newsletter, This Week in AI, we lay out our plan for a more concise dispatch.

A recent study presents a radiative transfer model-driven machine learning technique for retrieving carbon monoxide from the world's first hyperspectral Geostationary Interferometric Infrared Sounder (GIIRS) onboard Fengyun-4B (FY-4B) satellite,

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc plans to pilot a new carbon-removal material for data centers, which are at risk of worsening emissions from artificial intelligence systems they power, a startup behind the deal said on Monday. In a twist, AI itself, from the ...