From data centers to AI to satellites, the internet has a much bigger effect on our Earth than we might imagine.

It might seem ethereal, but everything we do on the internet has a tangible effect in the real world. Here's how to cut your ...

To be sustainable, the internet needs to assess, mitigate, and live up to its responsibilities for a healthy environment. By understanding the environmental impact, we can point to avenues where ...

In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the environmental impact of the internet. Specifically, I dig into how the internet works through data centers and networks ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about businesses creating a more sustainable economic system. As the effects of the global climate crisis become more ...

The Times of London reported on Sunday research purportedly showing that Internet searches, by flitting from desktops to servers around the world, have a significant environmental impact—7 grams ...

Scientists who analyze the environmental impact of the internet tout the benefits of this “dematerialization,” observing that energy use and carbon-dioxide emissions will drop as media ...

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