Key internet connections and locations at risk from rising seas
- Written by Carol Barford, Associate Scientist; Director, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, University of Wisconsin-Madison
The process of laying internet cables on the sea floor is particularly sensitive at the coastlines.Gail Johnson/Shutterstock.com
Despite whimsical ads about computing “in the cloud,” the internet lives on the ground. Data centers are built on land, and most of the physical elements of the internet – such as the cables that connect...
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