Environment News: 6 August 2025 - 13 August 2025

Complete Guide to Satellite Earth Monitoring: How Space Tech Is Watching Our Planet Now
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Complete Guide to Satellite Earth Monitoring: How Space Tech Is Watching Our Planet Now

Landsat-1, launched in July 1972 as ERTS-1, became the first satellite dedicated to mapping Earth’s land resources and began a 50+ year continuous Landsat record. TIROS-1, launched in April 1960, was the world’s first weather satellite and delivered the first TV images
August 10, 2025
Eco-Tech Titans: How Global Companies Are Leading the Green Computing Revolution in 2025
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Eco-Tech Titans: How Global Companies Are Leading the Green Computing Revolution in 2025

Digital technology currently accounts for about 2-4% of global carbon emissions, a share that could reach 14% by 2040 if unchecked. Data centers consume around 1-1.5% of the world’s electricity. Amazon Web Services pledged to power its operations with 100% renewable energy
August 6, 2025

Technology News

  • New open-access book explains why internet shutdowns are rising across Africa
    December 16, 2025, 3:56 AM EST. Between 2016 and 2024, 193 internet shutdowns occurred in 41 African countries, according to an open-access source book co-edited by Felicia Anthonio and Tony Roberts. The work offers 11 in-depth case studies showing how governments order blackouts through private operators, arguing they violate international human rights and disrupt online life. It finds shutdowns are timed to elections and protests to suppress dissent, with examples from Senegal, Uganda, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe. The trend shows digital authoritarianism rising, with scale, frequency, and sophistication increasing-partial shutdowns now targeting regions or sites to blunt opposition. The book calls for accountability as Africa's digitally connected landscape confronts higher risk to fundamental rights and democratic participation online.