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Drought and El Niño threaten Venezuela: Urgent need for community environmental education plans

October 17, 2026October 17, 2026Tatiana Da GamaLeave a Comment

By José Leonardo Salazar With the imminent consolidation of the El Niño climate phenomenon across the region and the approaching onset of a dry season that threatens to be more severe than usual, specialists and social organizations agree that authorities and communities need to be alerted. The goal: to immediately promote and implement a National […]

The hidden cost of AI: Data centers could triple their water consumption by 2031

September 1, 2026September 1, 2026Tatiana Da GamaLeave a Comment

The Daily Journal – The global race for Artificial Intelligence (AI) supremacy has encountered its greatest obstacle not in algorithms, but in the Earth’s natural resources. Cloud computing and deep-learning models require massive physical infrastructure that consumes electricity and water at unprecedented rates. With critical projections for the end of the decade, the technology industry […]