#water

#water

The open letter [PDF], sent to members of the US Congress by campaign group Food & Water Watch, complains that the AI-driven wave of datacenter expansion is stoking demand for more energy, which in turn leads to further greenhouse gas emissions, straining water resources, and higher electricity prices for ordinary consumers across the country. Organizations endorsing the letter collectively represent millions of citizens across all 50 US states, the group claims.

The exhibition showcases how water management evolved from ancient irrigation techniques to modern understandings of clean water's importance, influencing cultures worldwide.

Water is a kind of archive, a kind of storehouse of memory that is, nevertheless, always in flux. Water has a clear chemical formula, but that is perhaps the only thing clear about this most fundamental of agents in the lives of people and societies.

Thousands of miles of ancient riverbeds have been discovered in the southern highlands of Mars, indicating the planet was once much wetter than previously believed.