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New Chip Uses AI to Shrink Large Language Models’ Energy Footprint by 50%

Oregon State University College of Engineering researchers have developed a more efficient chip as an antidote to the vast amounts of electricity consumed by large-language-model artificial intelligence applications like Gemini and GPT-4.

Thousands of Animal Species Threatened by Climate Change, Novel Analysis Finds

A novel analysis suggests more than 3,500 animal species are threatened by climate change and also sheds light on huge gaps in fully understanding the risk to the animal kingdom.

The Ocean May be Absorbing Less Carbon, But it May Not be Due to Climate Change - Yet

The ocean has absorbed about 30% of carbon dioxide emissions from human activities since the Industrial Revolution, significantly slowing the pace of climate change.

Scientists Use Salinity to Trace Changes in the U.S. Northeast Coastal Ocean

The near-bottom water on the U.S. Northeast continental shelf provides a critical cold-water habitat for the rich regional marine ecosystem.

A Vicious Cycle: How Methane Emissions From Warming Wetlands Could Exacerbate Climate Change

Warming in the Arctic is intensifying methane emissions, contributing to a vicious feedback loop that could accelerate climate change even more, according to a new study published May 7 in Nature.