Report: “29% of particulates in the San Francisco area came from coal power plants in China”
February 12, 2019
This Treehugger article is a creepy reminder that we are all in the same biosphere. We all breather the same air. https://www.treehugger.com/corporate-responsibility/china-polluting-californias-air.html We also conduct weather modification activities (cloudseeding) in most countries, including most western US states. Over 2,000 counties in China use cloud seeding to increase precipitation. While we often hear about China clearing […]
Confusing Geo-Engineering & Weather Modification
April 10, 2017
For the first time in history, the US Government is recommending a federal budget to pursue geoengineering. Weather modification is for local precipitation enhancement. There are exceptions (e.g., breaking up hailstorms to reduce property damage) but almost all weather modification programs are designed to induce more rain and snowfall from storms. Why? Because it’s the […]
Why We Have a “Chemtrail Season”
December 5, 2016
Ever think about how artificial clouds from aircraft affect the weather? Notice that there aren’t any natural clouds in these photos. Without aircraft, the sky would have been perfectly blue today. This photo was 30 minutes later. Air traffic is heavy in the mornings. These are commercial aircraft manufacturing water in the sky by […]
Toxic levels of aluminum in bees, and cloud seeding
June 10, 2015
An article was published by numerous news media this week about the connection between bees and aluminum levels. In humans, aluminum levels of 3PPM are harmful and damage brain tissue. In the bee pupae they studied, researchers found levels of up to 200PPM. “Aluminum is a known neurotoxin affecting behavior in animal models of […]
Global Warming Rethink
June 1, 2015
An igloo is made of ice, but it traps heat inside so you can stay warm. Imagine now, a thin layer of ice all around the Earth that lets the sun’s rays pass through it but insulates the globe so it heats up the surface, keeping that heat trapped inside the ice layer. A hundred […]
Important Variables Missed in Climate Change Models
May 31, 2015
Yes, climatologists have looked at artificial clouds formed by contrails. “We know all about it,” they’ll tell you. But we humans tend to accept the first answer we find and we stop looking for evidence too soon. We draw a conclusion from a glance and move on. Climatologists (a broad term since they all tend […]
How much sky coverage is “significant?”
May 26, 2015
When I speak with scientists– especially climatologists, meteorologists and chemists– they believe that “aircraft clouds affect the weather” or NASA’s statement that “the abundance and location of clouds” would effect the climate more than CO2 or other green house gases, but many still think the impact of jet aircraft and artificial clouds on the climate […]
On a Given Day: Comparing Natural and Artificial Clouds
May 26, 2015
It’s Memorial Day– May 25, 2015– and as is common along the California Coast, we have low clouds from the Ocean. It’s normal. But even more common are the high clouds above…cirrus clouds spawned by jet aircraft. How can we be sure jets made these clouds? As any skywatcher knows… just watch. Over a period […]
Artificial Clouds and Sun Halos
May 1, 2015
It’s almost never mentioned– mostly because it’s almost never noticed– but sun halos are usually caused by artificial clouds. That is, contrails. Rainbows circling the sun like this one are caused by light reflecting through tiny ice crystals. (More on Wikipedia) Those who notice artificial clouds spawned by jet aircraft (less than 1% of people […]
How to make clouds
March 31, 2015
Since millions of people around the world have witnessed sunny days turned cloudy by aircraft, speculation has run amok. This is understandable; explanations of why this happens now, but didn’t used to happen when we were kids, are based on observation without context. The context comes from understanding the facts around the phenomenon of aircraft-spawned […]
What happened to the National Weather Modification Program?
March 25, 2015
In 1966, a report from NASA to the US “Interdepartmental Committee for Atmospheric Science” recommended that four agencies collaborate on a federal weather modification program: The Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Science Services Administration (now part of NOAA), the Interior Department’s Bureau of Reclamation, and the National Science Foundation. Each of these agencies was to […]
China creates 55 billion tons of artificial rain a year
March 19, 2015
China’s come a long way since 1958, when Russia brought cloud-seeding to the Middle Kingdom. It’s now the most trigger-happy cloud-seeder in the world. In 2011, China spent $150 million on a single regional artificial rain program; it’s unclear how much other local governments spend. The US, by comparison (according to this article), spends around […]
Lecture: Can Simulated Volcanic Eruptions Reverse Global Warming?
March 3, 2015
Dr. Jane C.S. Long discusses SRM as a potential geoengineering option: “One technique that we do know works for sure is putting aerosols in the stratosphere. We know that we could put enough aerosols to more than offset doubling of CO2 in the atmosphere.” Watch the video on Hulu
Dust in the clouds: Cirrus clouds form around mineral dust and metallic particles
March 3, 2015
Cirrus clouds influence global climate, cooling the planet by reflecting incoming solar radiation and warming it by trapping outgoing heat. Understanding the mechanisms by which these clouds form may help scientists better predict future climate patterns. Scientists have now identified the major seeds on which cirrus clouds form. Now an interdisciplinary team from MIT, the […]
Jet Aircraft and Cloud-Aerosol Interaction
March 3, 2015
Since the 1960s, high-altitude weather modification programs have increased worldwide. The effects of A) commercial aircraft injecting trillions of cubic feet of water vapor into the sky annually and B) the precipitation enhancement activities of weather modification aircraft combine o produce significant cloud cover over the Earth, affecting temperatures and weather conditions more than CO2 […]
Misunderstandings about Geoengineering
March 3, 2015
People often seem to confuse “geoengineering” (the theoretical deliberate modification of a planet or geographical environment to suit a purpose) with “climate engineering” and “weather modification.” Further confusing is the fact that “weather wars” are often included in the mix without distinction. Allow me to clarify the terms in quotes. Climate Engineering is our attempt […]