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Title Will Data Be The One To End Us? Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Neatorama Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 19/09/20 Description It might sound unlikely, but data does have a potential to end the human race. To be specific, it’s not data itself, but data storage. URL https://www.neatorama.com/2020/09/19/Will-Data-Be-The-One-To-End-Us/ Persons Melvin Vopson Title Digital Data Will Fill the Earth by 2245 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Suara.com Media type Web Country/Territory Indonesia Date 30/08/20 Description Digital information available on Earth will increase with time and changing times. In a few short centuries, scientists predict that the total number of digital bits produced each year by humans could exceed the number of atoms on Earth URL https://www.suara.com/tekno/2020/08/30/120000/wadidaw-data-digital-bakal-penuhi-bumi-pada-2245 Persons Melvin Vopson Title Is there a digital apocalypse ahead? Media name/outlet Computerworld Poland Country/Territory Poland Date 28/08/20 Description A new study by Melvin Vopson says the number of digital bits will overtake the number of atoms on Earth within 150 years Producer/Author Janusz Chustecki URL https://www.computerworld.pl/news/Czy-czeka-nas-cyfrowa-apokalipsa,422604.html Persons Melvin Vopson Title Information could be half the world's mass by 2245, says researcher Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Network World Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 27/08/20 Description A new study by Dr Melvin Vopson says the number of digital bits will overtake the number of atoms on Earth within 150 years Producer/Author Patrick Nelson URL https://www.networkworld.com/article/3570438/information-could-be-half-the-worlds-mass-by-2245-says-researcher.html#tk.rss_all Persons Melvin Vopson Title Physics ('thought experiment'): if energy = mass (Einstein) 'in 2245 half the mass of the earth consists of digital bits' Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Tpooktech Media type Web Country/Territory Netherlands Date 19/08/20 Description Reports on a study by Melvin Vopson in which he argues information is more than an abstract entity, but also a 'physical, dominant, fifth state of matter' now outpacing all other matter Producer/Author Michiel Mans URL tiny.cc/31hqsz Persons Melvin Vopson Title Is half of the earth in 2245 made up of digital bits? Media name/outlet New Scientist.nl Country/Territory Netherlands Date 18/08/20 Description Humanity is increasingly producing digital information. Servers are made from raw materials such as silicon and copper to store all those bits of information. Coal, oil and gas are converted to power these servers. Is the biosphere gradually turning into an 'infosphere'? Yes, says University of Portsmouth physicist Melvin Vopson in a highly theoretical thought experiment Producer/Author Dorine Schenk URL https://www.newscientist.nl/nieuws/bestaat-de-helft-van-de-aarde-in-2245-uit-digitale-bits/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bestaat-de-helft-van-de-aarde-in-2245-uit-digitale-bits Persons Melvin Vopson Title Earth is Threatened by Information Disaster Due to the Flood of Digital Content Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet detiki-Net Media type Web Country/Territory Indonesia Date 18/08/20 Description Researcher Melvin Vopson of the University of Portsmouth in the UK predicts that our growing supply of digital information could have dramatic and unpredictable consequences that will be problematic for the planet URL https://inet.detik.com/science/d-5137545/bumi-terancam-bencana-informasi-akibat-banjir-konten-digital Persons Melvin Vopson Title The ‘information disaster’ on Earth will occur in 2245 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet XaLuan.com Media type Web Country/Territory Australia Date 15/08/20 Description Scientists say that with the current situation, digital content on the Earth is on the rise, and could be half the mass of the Earth by 2245 URL https://www.xaluan.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2884540 Persons Melvin Vopson Title Information Catastrophe: Digital Content to Surpass Half the Mass of Earth by This Year Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet IBTimes Singapore Media type Web Country/Territory Singapore Date 14/08/20 Description Reports on a new study by Melvin Vopson in which he argues information is more than an abstract entity, but also a 'physical, dominant, fifth state of matter' now outpacing all other matter Producer/Author Nirmal Narayanan URL https://www.ibtimes.sg/information-catastrophe-digital-content-surpass-half-mass-earth-by-this-year-50070 Persons Melvin Vopson Title Digital data could overtake Earth’s actual atoms, physicist says Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet NewExpressNews.com Media type Web Country/Territory India Date 14/08/20 Description Precious metals and fossil fuels used to create and power the server farms and other infrastructure that will eventually blast these words onto your retinas are being converted to information. Eventually all those digital bits will actually outnumber all the atoms on Earth, according to one theoretical physicist URL https://www.newexpressnews.com/digital-data-could-overtake-earths-actual-atoms-physicist-says-cnet/ Persons Melvin Vopson Title Information catastrophe: when will the mass of information equal the mass of the Earth? Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Kopalniawiedzy.pl Media type Web Country/Territory Poland Date 14/08/20 Description Melvin Vopson has published an article in which he lists the approximate moment of an informational catastrophe , an event caused by an increasing amount of digital information produced , for which we will need more energy to process and store than we currently produce, and the mass of stored information will be half the mass of the Earth. URL https://kopalniawiedzy.pl/energia-potrzebna-do-wytworzenia-informacji-masa-informacji-masa-Ziemi-entropia-informacyjna-katastrofa,32499 Persons Melvin Vopson Title Digital data could overtake Earth's actual atoms, physicist says Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet CNet Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 13/08/20 Description Some physicists think our data is as real as the air we breathe and it may eventually overtake our world Producer/Author Eric Mack URL https://www.cnet.com/news/digital-data-could-overtake-earths-actual-atoms-physicist-says/#ftag=CADf328eec Persons Melvin Vopson Title This is when Earth won’t be able to sustain its digital data Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet New York Post Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 13/08/20 Description Digital content is on track to equal half of Earth’s mass by 2245, according to new research Producer/Author James Rogers URL https://nypost.com/2020/08/13/this-is-when-earth-wont-be-able-to-sustain-its-digital-data/ Persons Melvin Vopson Title Digital content will be half 'Earth's mass' by 2245 as 'information catastrophe' looms Media name/outlet The Amed Post Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 13/08/20 Description Digital content is on track to equal half of Earth’s mass by 2245, according to new research
The research by Melvin Vopson highlights the physics of information creation and the demands of storing vast quantities of digital dataURL https://amedpost.com/digital-content-will-be-half-earths-mass-by-2245-as-information-catastrophe-looms/ Persons Melvin Vopson Title The physicist claims that digital information threatens to consume the planet’s mass Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet News Beezer Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 13/08/20 Description The world could be heading for an “information disaster” as the rate of digital bit production continues to increase with no sign of stopping, new research shows URL https://newsbeezer.com/the-physicist-claims-that-digital-information-threatens-to-consume-the-planets-mass/ Persons Melvin Vopson Title Number of digital bits will overtake the number of atoms on Earth within 150 years with the world becoming 'mostly computer simulated' by 2170, study warns Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Daily Mail Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 11/08/20 Description The number of digital bits will overtake the number of atoms on Earth within 150 years, according to a new study that warns of an impending 'information catastrophe'
By 2170, the world will be 'mostly computer simulated and dominated by digital bits and computer code', the study claimsProducer/Author Jonathan Chadwick URL https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-8615541/Number-digital-bits-overtake-number-atoms-Earth-2170.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 Persons Melvin Vopson Title Our digital content is on track to equal half of the Earth’s mass by 2245 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet The i Media type Web Country/Territory United Kingdom Date 11/08/20 Description As the amount of digital content the world generates rapidly increases, we’re on course for an ‘information catastrophe’, a report finds Producer/Author Rhiannon Williams URL https://inews.co.uk/news/technology/digital-content-photos-videos-apps-earths-mass-warning-energy-crisis-576705 Persons Melvin Vopson Title Digital content to total half Earth's mass by 2245 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet UPI.com Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 11/08/20 Description Every day, Earth's natural resources are converted into digital information. As more and more raw materials and fossil fuels are used to power the computer systems and servers that support the digital economy, the Earth gets a little smaller and the world's digital footprint grows a little bigger Producer/Author Brooks Hays URL https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2020/08/11/Digital-content-to-total-half-Earths-mass-by-2245/6541597161350/ Persons Melvin Vopson Title Predicted 'information Catastrophe' May Be Caused By Fifth State Of Matter Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Inverse Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 11/08/20 Description In a new study, researcher Melvin Vopson predicts that the weight of this information could equal that of half the Earth by the year 2245, creating what the study calls an "information catastrophe." URL https://www.inverse.com/innovation/information-could-be-a-fifth-state-of-matter Persons Melvin Vopson Title Digital Content on Track to Equal Half Earth’s Mass by 2245 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet AIP Advances Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 11/08/20 Description As we use resources, such as coal, oil, natural gas, copper, silicon and aluminum, to power massive computer farms and process digital information, our technological progress is redistributing Earth’s matter from physical atoms to digital information - the fifth state of matter, alongside liquid, solid, gas and plasma URL https://publishing.aip.org/publications/latest-content/digital-content-on-track-to-equal-half-earths-mass-by-2245/ Persons Melvin Vopson Title Number of digital bits will overtake atoms on Earth by 2170 Degree of recognition International Media name/outlet Big World Tale Media type Web Country/Territory United States Date 11/08/20 Description The number of digital bits will overtake the number of atoms on Earth within 150 years with the world becoming ‘mostly computer simulated’ by 2170, a study warns URL https://bigworldtale.com/science/number-of-digital-bits-will-overtake-atoms-on-earth-by-2170/ Persons Melvin Vopson