Data Vis Dispatch, September 29: Marine heatwaves, London buses, and the WNBA

Starting this week on the topic of jobs: Ever wondered how your pay compares to other people's? Check out the salary comparison tool to find out. In the Zurich job market, skilled trade jobs are booming, while finance and IT jobs are experiencing a decline in demand.

The current AI mania has led to the presence of AI on the internet and drastic increases in AI infrastructure investments. Data centre clusters are increasingly being built, most of which on farmland. Additionally, AI appears to be infiltrating the Midterm elections, hoping to influence the selection of candidates for Congress.

Moving on to summer temperatures, both global and European temperature anomalies have been mapped out.

On a similar note, this year's marine heatwave has been visualized using an animated map and line chart.

Taking a look at political ratings in the U.S., Trump's current approval rating looks critical, while a New York Times/Siena poll shows differences in voter opinions.

Focusing on wars, Kyiv has experienced an increase in daytime air-raid alerts since the end of August. Meanwhile, the U.S. has poured enormous sums of money into the war in Iran.

Additional effects of ongoing conflicts include soaring prices in Russian supermarkets and the use of loopholes to export goods to Cuba.

Declines in London bus usage has been reported, alongside declines in rent prices in certain cities. Meanwhile, the decline in U.S. PISA scores has prompted academics and researchers to come up with possible countermeasures.

We present a selection of interactive maps, exploring the terrain of the world, the Berlin state election, and neighbourhood demographics.

We end this Dispatch with some other interesting topics: lighthouses, Nepal’s large-scale DNA identification program, the leading causes of death, an analysis of Spain's winning football teams, problem gambling, the history of the WNBA and the U.S. stock market.