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15 gru 2017 · Our internet-connected devices could be impeding climate change efforts, according to an update to a 2016 peer-reviewed study on power consumption, as reported by Climate Home News. The billions of devices many of us use every day could produce 3.5 percent of global emissions within 10 years and 14 percent by 2040.
25 mar 2018 · New research shows the impact of technology, especially smartphones, on carbon emissions. Encouraging consumers to get new phones every couple of years leads to extraordinary and unnecessary...
15 cze 2017 · Founder of the San Francisco-based nonprofit Rainforest Connection, White has developed a simple but ingenious strategy: using old cell phones to listen for the sound of destruction.
13 sty 2020 · Mobile phones have transformed millions of lives for the better - but they carry an enormous environmental cost. Here are some of the changes we can - and must - make to reverse this.
26 lis 2023 · The mining of rare earth elements used by Fairphone and other smartphone companies has a significant environmental impact and can result in the contamination of air, water and soil.
14 mar 2023 · In January 2022, chip manufacturer TSMC introduced three functions of an AI-powered water chiller system to improve energy efficiency at its factories. By November, the company said it saved 2...
Life cycle environmental impacts of a smartphone. Greenhouse gas emissions related to a specific smartphone (Sony Z5 with accessories) is estimated to be 19 kg CO2-equivalents annually, assuming medium usage and an operating lifetime of three years.
