Hugh Hunt

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Centre for Climate Repair in Cambridge Professor of Engineering Keeper of the Clock Trinity College Cambridge

ABC, NBC & CBS dedicated about 16 minutes of airtime last night to the California wildfires without once mentioning climate change. Since the news failed do it's job, here's a short summary of the role of climate change and wildfire risk: www.noaa.gov/noaa-wildfir...

Wildfire climate connection

Climate change, including increased heat, extended drought, and a thirsty atmosphere, has been a key driver in increasing the risk and extent of wildfires in the western United States during the last ...

noaa.gov

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/28/c... shame that the NYT wrote about science to detect geoengineering — and didn't mention that we are about to have a massive loss in our capacity to monitor the changing stratosphere due to aging satellites going out of service and not having ready replacements

The U.S. Is Building an Early Warning System to Detect Geoengineering

Balloon launches from around the world are part of a new kind of global alarm system: One that can detect if another country tries to dim the sun.

nytimes.com