
Susan Cosier
Journalist at Freelance
Science and environmental journalist. Words in Science, Scientific American, WSJ, New York Times for Kids, National Geographic, Undark, & others. she/her
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1 week ago |
insideclimatenews.org | Susan Cosier
Illinois is already a top destination for data centers, and more are coming. One small Chicago suburb alone has approved one large complex and has proposals for two more. Once they’re online, data centers require a lot of electricity, which is helping drive rates up around the country and grabbing headlines. What gets less attention is how much water they need, both to generate that electricity and dissipate the heat from the servers powering cloud computing, storage and artificial intelligence.
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1 week ago |
ecotopical.com | Susan Cosier
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
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1 month ago |
insideclimatenews.org | Susan Cosier
A lab focused on developing soybean farming in Africa was scheduled to shutter in April, a casualty of the Trump administration’s USAID cuts. Then a donor stepped in. Founders Pledge, an international nonprofit that supports entrepreneurs, announced that an anonymous donor offered the Soybean Innovation Lab just over $1 million to continue its work. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign lab was one of 17 USAID-funded Feed the Future labs around the country.
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2 months ago |
insideclimatenews.org | Susan Cosier
One stretch of the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal near Joliet, Illinois, is what freshwater biologists call a pinch point. Here, at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam, workers are preparing a site for barriers to keep invasive bighead and silver carp from infiltrating the Great Lakes. If enough of them slip by before the project is complete, the fish could cause irreversible damage to the largest freshwater system on earth.
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2 months ago |
ecotopical.com | Susan Cosier
Welcome to EcoTopical Your daily eco-friendly green news aggregator. Leaf through planet Earths environmental headlines in one convenient place. Read, share and discover the latest on ecology, science and green living from the web's most popular sites.
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Plastic is everywhere. Some people out there are doing their best to ensure that we stem its flow and keep companies accountable for its components and disposal. https://t.co/9S5ELh9faw

Plastic is everywhere. Some people out there are doing their best to ensure that we stem its flow and keep companies accountable for its contents and disposal. https://t.co/9S5ELh8HkY

“Conservation can be a huge downer,” says James Danoff-Burg, director of conservation at The Living Desert Zoo and Gardens. “This,” he says, “is a success.” My story for @Revelator_News. Thanks to @johnrplatt for the edit and the opportunity! https://t.co/hMMt2b4H1H