Climate damage from Bitcoin mining grew more than 125 times worse in just five years

Mongabay
Dec 5, 2022, 11:46 pm235 pts
With no physical form, the digital currency Bitcoin can feel all but invisible to those who don’t use it. However, its harmful climate impacts are all too real – and they’re getting worse. Emissions from mining the cryptocurrency have skyrocketed, researchers reported recently in Scientific Reports. From…

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