Compare and contrast: AI’s excessive water consumption threatens to drown out its environmental contributions

Compare and contrast: AI’s excessive water consumption threatens to drown out its environmental contributions

The Conversation – Canada


Water is needed for development, production and consumption, yet we are overusing and polluting an unsubstitutable resource and system.
Eight safe and just boundaries for five domains (climate, biosphere, water, nutrients and aerosols) have been identified beyond which there is significant harm to humans and nature and the risk of crossing tipping points increases. Humans have already crossed the safe and just Earth System Boundaries for water. Click here to continue reading