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RE: https://mastodon.social/@kottke/116919867956176773 In good news, > 100 petabytes of climate data from the last 50 years was copied from NASA to the Alps data center in Lugano, Switzerland. In the next few months, another 40 petabytes of climate data from NOAA will be transferred to Switzerland. "The uncertainty about the climate discussion [under the Trump administration] has also been a motivation for me personally" ~ ETH Prof Thomas Zurbuchen (ex Science Lead @ NASA), who is leading an effort to train climate models https://www.srf.ch/news/schweiz/fuer-bessere-klimamodelle-eth-fuettert-supercomputer-mit-riesiger-menge-nasa-daten