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If an average Internet user opens up YouTube to learn about climate change, they might search for “global warming” or “climate engineering” or simply “climate change.” What videos will show up? A new study found that more than half of the videos that appear in a climate-related YouTube search …
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My father’s ears prick up and he dashes from the lounge into the garden, casting his eyes heavenward. I’m seven years old and I follow him, assuming I’m about to witness the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse dive bombing our house. Instead, I’m disappointed to see an airliner flying overhead, leaving …
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(Photo by Roger Ahlbrand) I get daily letters from strangers. Only a few come from our mid-Hudson region. My monthly page in Astronomy magazine and the 400,000 readers of my Old Farmer’s Almanac astronomy stuff generate lots of correspondence. This week, two letters stand out. They are such polar …
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It’s 8:41 on Thursday morning. There are three chemtrails, now acknowledged as solar radiation management or geoengineering, stretching from east to west. They are growing wider, joining and forming a thin overcast. There are only three, while multiple jets with normal contrails buzz to and fro. …
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Researchers who study topics such as climate change and vaccines can become targets of online behaviour ranging from threatening e-mails to coordinated social-media attacks. Nature asked researchers who have been digitally harassed what they’ve learnt from the experience. Interviews have been …
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If you’ve never heard of chemtrails, don’t fret. Before spending time in Southern California I hadn’t heard of them either. But whether it’s being in the land of obsession-with-healthy-living, or perhaps just being near a few major airports, I now hear about chemtrails quite frequently in SoCal. So …
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If you’ve never heard of chemtrails, don’t fret. Before spending time in Southern California I hadn’t heard of them either. But whether it’s being in the land of obsession-with-healthy-living, or perhaps just being near a few major airports, I now hear about chemtrails quite frequently in SoCal. So …
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Last spring, Harvard climate scientist David Keith announced that he and a colleague intended to proceed with small-scale geoengineering experiments in the real world (see “Harvard scientists moving ahead on plans for atmospheric geoengineering experiments”). The basic idea behind the technology …
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Among other concerns, critics argue it’s far too dangerous to consider tinkering with the global climate system. But the field, and Keith’s research in particular, has also gotten ensnared in conspiracy theories about “chemtrails.” Proponents assert that the condensation trails created by aircraft …
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The chemtrails theory has gained popularity due to social media. We’re verifying whether there’s any truth to this theory. NORFOLK, Va., (WVEC) — We’re verifying a topic our weather team gets lots of messages about: so-called chemtrails. The idea that planes are spraying chemicals into the air is …
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