RedOrbit: Not only does the Internet produce a vast amount of information, but also an equally vast amount of greenhouse gas. Now, researchers are busy working up new models of emissions and energy consumption that could help reduce the carbon footprint of the web. A report of this work is published in Environmental Science & Technology, the journal of the American Chemical Society (ACS).
Researchers from the Center for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications (CEET) and Bell Labs explain that industry behind...