A protestor approaches the minister for climate change and energy Chris Bowen as he arrives for a press conference at a home in Burwood, Melbourne.

Photograph: Joel Carrett/AAP

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The environmental burden of the United States’ #bitcoin #mining #boom

Source: nature.com/articles/s41467-025…

From mid-2022 to mid-2023, the 34 mines consumed 32.3 terawatt-hours of #electricity — 33% more than Los Angeles—85% of which came from #fossil #fuels.

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The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom - Nature Communications

The paper maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines. It finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-2023 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston.

^Nature

#Beijing approves construction of first South #China #Sea #deepwater ‘space station’

source: scmp.com/news/china/science/ar…

The #facility – one of the deepest and most technologically complex #underwater installations ever attempted – is scheduled to be operational by around 2030, with room for six scientists on missions that will last as long as a month.

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Beijing approves construction of first South China Sea deepwater ‘space station’

Scientists will be able to work for up to a month in the facility that will be anchored 2,000 metres below the surface.

^{Stephen Chen (South China Morning Post)}