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"El Niño: Indonesia fire emissions in 2026 ‘on track’ to match record for this century"
#Indonesia #ElNino #Emissions

El Niño: Indonesia fire emissions in 2026 ‘on track’ to match record for this century - Carbon Brief
Wildfires burning in Indonesia are on track to produce emissions on a par with the country’s most-intense fire season this century.

Gesperrte Straße von Hormus: Globale CO₂-Emissionen dürften 2026 doch sinken
Seit den Angriffen der USA und Israels auf den Iran liegt der Handel durch die Straße von Hormus weitestgehend still. Das hat Konsequenzen für den Klimaschutz.

Gesperrte Straße von Hormus: Globale CO₂-Emissionen dürften 2026 doch sinken
Seit den Angriffen der USA und Israels auf den Iran liegt der Handel durch die Straße von Hormus weitestgehend still. Das hat Konsequenzen für den Klimaschutz.

Scientists have discovered a remarkable “Pac-Man enzyme”
that helps bacteria devour certain types of plastic
and may offer new hope in the fight against plastic pollution.
Researchers found that several biodegradable plastics completely broke down in soil within about a year,
while conventional plastic remained largely unchanged.

Scientists discover a plastic-eating “Pac-Man” enzyme with a surprising secret
Scientists have discovered a remarkable “Pac-Man enzyme” that helps bacteria devour certain types of plastic and may offer new hope in the fight against plastic pollution. Researchers found that several biodegradable plastics completely broke down in soil within about a year, while conventional plastic remained largely unchanged.

Friday Links 26-32
The trend is definitely going towards a smaller Engineering and a bigger AI section.
I don't like that.
This week, have a look at John Cutler's Feature Factory Retrospective and the No Man Is an Island post.
If you want a podcast and like engineering, check out "Building resilient systems".

Google gives all of its engineers Claude Opus 5 access via Antigravity, and says "Gemini remains our primary and foundational model for internal development" (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-finall…

Google finally lets all engineers use Anthropic's Claude
Google engineers can finally use one of Anthropic's strongest coding models for internal work.

"Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’"
#Emissions #Environment #Climate

Fossils show huge carbon emissions harm forests, not ‘green the planet’
Study of 56m-year-old leaves counters claims from Trump administration members of ‘benefits’ of fossil fuel pollution

The climate-fueled massive heatwaves, drought, and wildfires (understandably) lead to more attention for climate adaptation.
The fact that we can never win the adaptation race if we don't reduce global emissions to zero is overlooked, and so is the resulting need to accelerate emission reduction.
#heat #drought

Analysis: tech employers filed layoff notices for 14,500 Bay Area workers in the 12 months to June; Bay Area software engineer demand is down 42% since 2022 (Francesca Maglione/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/20

Brain Surgery by Autonomous Robot? It’s Possible — and Could Save Lives
UCSB Mechanical Engineer and UCSD Collaborators Are Working to Bring Soft Robotics to Cardiovascular Surgery
https://www.independent.com/2026/10/16/brain-s…

Brain Surgery by Autonomous Robot? It’s Possible — and Could Save Lives
UC Santa Barbara mechanical engineer Elliot Hawkes and UCSD collaborators are working to bring soft robotics to cardiovascular surgery.