Climate notes for October 7th 2023

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• EU heat wave broke global records
• The far right are trying to weaponise heat pumps somehow
• Microsoft is sucking up water to train AI. AI models are interesting, but a climate disaster.
• We are the frogs in the boiling pot
• Eco activists cooking up a storm
• Ancient plant wax reveals how global warming affects methane in Arctic lakes
• First of its kind dataset shows future flooding risk at neighborhood level. NYC is not looking good.
• What will El Nino bring?
• Extinction clock
• German energy giant tests power-generating kite at new facility in Ireland
• World blitzes past 1.5c warning temps
• The climate impact of private jets. Inspired by a bizarre Mastodon interaction I had with someone defending the use of private jets.
• Extreme weather displaced 43m children in past six years, Unicef reports