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Rising demand from artificial intelligence is forcing big technology companies to look beyond wind and solar for clean energy.
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From optimizing whale safety to mapping the sea floor, here's how innovators are uncovering new insights and driving ocean research.
by Kate Wing
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OS-Climate, part of the Linux Foundation, is applying the principles of open source software development to the quest for more accessible data about climate finance.
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Facebook commits to become “water positive” by 2030, while Google will replenish 120 percent of what it consumes.
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London-based Cervest closes $30 million Series A funding led by venture capital firm Draper Esprit.
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Aquaponics and other indoor ag systems rely on access to water and energy, not soil or seas. Siting them near existing distribution hubs or industrial parks makes plenty of sense.
by Jim Giles
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Vertical farms, with their hyperlocality and ability to quickly grow new crops, can step in to fill retail shelves when traditional farms falter.
by Jesse Klein
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The story that indoor farming could potentially produce dramatic environmental gains is largely fictional today, but innovators are working to bring truth to the tale in a not-so-distant future.
by Jim Giles
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The company's new carbon-intelligent software can switch loads between its data centers depending on the availability of clean power.
by Sarah Golden
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Vertical farms can help produce food close to urban areas, but plant factories require a staggering amount of energy.
by Sarah Golden
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But the broader agricultural world can learn much from how those operations use data.
by Karn Manhas
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Mining information about what people want and what they buy (as well as when and why they buy) can lead to surprising innovations that can have far-reaching effects.
by Carol Fung
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From high-tech indoor farms in France and Singapore to mobile apps connecting urban growers and eaters in India and the United States, here are more than a dozen initiatives using tech, entrepreneurship, and social innovation to change urban agriculture.
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The former energy and CSR czar at Facebook and Google calls for companies to raise their voices. Plus, we catch up with Dorn Cox, research director for a new open source agricultural data initiative.
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How big data and incentives are helping companies forge closer partnerships across agricultural supply chains.
by Meg Wilcox
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A California bill, a newly launched foundation and a city-friendly acquisition are all pieces of an evolving landscape that could determine the future of how private mobility providers and cities will work together to share and use data.
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Imagine, a city where the residents and commuters wouldn't need to own cars.
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The island-state imports most of its food, but is threatened by crop yields and policy changes around the world.
by Darren Tan
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Cuba offers interesting lessons for how to develop urban agriculture, including government-allocated land and agroecological methods that deliver high yields and diverse crops in small spaces.
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Here are some of the promising ventures being backed by the likes of Tyson, Campbell Soups and Danone.
by Meg Wilcox
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A cooperative network of data sets could spur innovation and drive resilience in the agricultural sector.
by Anna Short
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Sometimes the available quantitative data is too limited to enable us to see what’s really going on — and that can lead us to the wrong conclusions.
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Machine learning could become your sustainability team's best ally in gathering, processing and acting on scads of data.
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Former basketball player Will Allen talks about his mission to transform local food systems.
by Brink News