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The Future of Moore's Law Is Inside This Willy Wonka Machine

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Transcript Stephen Cass: Hello and welcome to Fixing the Future , an IEEE Spectrum podcast, where we look at concrete solutions to some big problems. But the knob that they are turning with this newest machine that is currently being built in Belgium right now is to increase the numerical aperture. And I can talk more about that later.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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The dispute has contributed to a significant split among the primary bloc of developing countries, and has highlighted an increased focus on climate adaptation strategies, in addition to emissions reductions, during the talks. ºF) above pre-industrial temperatures. ºC in some areas, and as high as 6 ºC in polar regions.

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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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Based on visual interpretation of high-resolution (30 m) satellite images, a new study in the journal Global Change Biology: Bioenergy determined that industrial plantations covered over 3.1 Despite increasing awareness of climate change in that period, the rate of peat destruction was higher in this last 3 year period than ever before.

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Figuring Out Semiconductor Manufacturing's Climate Footprint

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Moore for IEEE Spectrum ‘s Fixing the Future podcast. Before we start, I want to tell you that you can get the latest coverage from some of Spectrum ‘s most important beats, including AI, climate change, and robotics, by signing up for one of our free newsletters. What did that do to water consumption? I’m Samuel K.

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