Tag Archives: permafrost melt

Climate change, sea levels rising, countries sinking

Posted on August 29, 2025 by borderslynn

In past blogs I have written about land which sank beneath the oceans after the Ice Age melt began over 10,000 years ago. Now the world knows the Arctic and Antarctic ice caps are melting and sea levels are rising … Continue reading →

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Data Centres Energy and Water Consumption: Do we ask too much of our planet?

Posted on May 29, 2025 by borderslynn

There is a website which provides information for 9752 data centres across the world. https://www.datacentermap.com/datacenters/ Why are data centres and data transmission networks important? Demand for digital services is growing rapidly. Since 2010, the number of internet users worldwide has … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Amazon, back up power, business, clean water usage, cloud computing, data Centres, data services, digitising, emissions, energy consumption, Essex, farmland, fuel sources, generator backup, glacier collapse, hyperscalers, Internet infrastructure, land use, location. security, low rainfall, Microsoft, national grid, permafrost melt, warming planet | 1 Comment

Boreal Forest (taiga):consequences of permafrost melt

Posted on June 26, 2024 by borderslynn

A starting point for understanding more about the ancient pristine carbon sink boreal forest of the northern hemisphere is to read through the following link: https://www.treehugger.com/fascinating-facts-about-the-boreal-forest-4858782 We humans are now into the final phase of destroying our planet, we are … Continue reading →

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What we know about industrial growth – and it isn’t good.

Posted on February 20, 2023 by borderslynn

Zach Wichter wrote an article in the New York Times (June 20, 2017) entitled “Too Hot to Fly? Climate Change May Take a Toll on Flying.” He pointed out that when temperatures get too high, the aerodynamic that allow planes … Continue reading →

Posted in anthropocene | Tagged Arctic Ice, Arctic Ice retreating, catastrophe, consequences, Farming, flight cancellations, flights grounded, food insecurity, fossil fuel use increase, growth priority, heat stricken airports, high temperatures, permafrost melt, plane aerodynamics, suffering planet | Leave a comment